FEMI ADI/ Kaduna
Human Rights activist and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Comrade Shehu Sani has declared his assets.
Sani in a statement declared N22 Million in bank accounts and N5million shares bought in 2007 that crashed in 2008 .
He also declared two residential houses in Kaduna.two houses under lease in Kaduna ,two uncompleted Office apartments in Kaduna, one residential house in Abuja, one family inherited house in Kurfi Katsina state and one family inherited house in Minna Niger state as assets. Sani who voluntarily declared his assets also declared fleet of cars.
The activist equally declared 30 Books published in Nigeria,United states and United Kingdom with royalties with a community journal ,peace magazine published as community journal .
According to the Senator, the decision to declare his assets was in line with the moral example set by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, which was in conformity with the standard of transparent and exemplary leadership.
He also said the assets declaration was done in submission to the public and popular demand for integrity test to all public office holders, in a new Nigeria on a filtration process for a politically cleaner and decent future.
He stated further, “President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo’s public declaration of their assets is a moral challenge to all public office holders.”
He noted that Buhari and Osinbajo’s declaration of assets is a challenge to all men of conscience and docks all men who lay claim to self dignity and self worth.
Senator Sani however ,said in a nation whose generation of leaders for so long stands in the dock of ethical court, to refuse to publicly declare assets is to continue to carry the burden of a moral thorn of guilt.
Though he emphasized that public declaration of assets does not make one a saint, he said it avails the public the knowledge of his or her degree of sin.
“Every public office holder carries with him a badge of suspicion and distrust until he proves his innocence or his degree of guilt.” He insisted .
According to him , there are no saints and angels in politics,but the citizenry deserve to know the moral truth behind the facade of uprightness.
He however, disclosed that he chose to publicly declare his assets rather than be pelted or walk with the stain of suspicion and mistrust splashed on all public office holders by a generation of curious citizenry.