Tinubu appoints new CCB chairman

However, it only got its legal mandate in 1989 under the
Babangida regime.

The Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Chapter 58 LFN
1990 mandates the Bureau to among other things, receive asset declarations by
public officers, examine the declaration, retain custody of such declarations
and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms
and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe.

Tinubu says he expects the new Chairman, upon confirmation
by the Senate, to “lead the Bureau with utmost integrity toward the realisation
of its mandate of maintaining high standards of public morality in the conduct
of government business.”

The new Chairman must also “ensure that the actions and
behaviour of public officers conform to the highest standards of morality and
accountability,” the statement read.