Adewale Ajayi
Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Organisation for Good Governance has called on the international community to beam its searchlight on Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal, and how he acquired the houses he declared in France, USA, and United Kingdom, in his declaration form.
Addressing the press in Lagos, the convener of the group, Comrade Femi Lawson, in company of members of the executive stated that the group is not against people amassing wealth before seeking public office, but that the source of their wealth should be transparent.
The CSOs added that it is also in the interest of Governor Lawal to tell the public how he made his money.
“Now, our challenge now is that it is incumbent on Governor Lawal to lead by example. What we are now asking, is for him l to tell the world how he made his money and details of his asset declaration, before the Code of Conduct Bureau.
“We don’t want to hear the usual refrain after his exit when he’s been called to account that he didn’t enter a government a pauper. The era of humongous wealth without enterprise is gone forever. We want to know how he made his trillion, so that other governors who are super- rich will also follow suit.”
The CSOs said it took the step it has taken because Nigeria is now in a precarious situation more than ever adding that, “The debt issues and economic crises we are in now require that we do our best. We want to appreciate our media friends in this campaign for doing a yeoman job.
“We want you to do more, because we owe it as a collective duty to the incoming generation that in view of economic crisis that our leaders had plunged us in due to their indiscretion, it will not be business as usual anymore.”
