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In a two-day workshop organised by the Code of Conduct Bureau for public office holders, the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba, has urged public officers to ensure their personal interests do not conflict with their responsibilities as they discharge government activities.
Newsmen reports that the workshop is on strict compliance with assets declaration and code of conduct for public officers.
Agba, who was represented by Mr Omotayo Adeyemi, Director, Administrations, said it was important for public officers to conform to the highest standards of public morality and accountability.
He said that putting aside their personal interests would ensure a well-motivated and transparent workforce that will bring about national development.
He also urged the public officers to ensure that they abided by the code of conducts expected of public officers and ensure that they declared their assets periodically.
Prof. Mohammed Isah, the Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) also called on the participants to take it as their personal responsibilities to be morally guided in their various endeavours.
Isah, represented by Mrs Fatima Kere-Ahmed, the Head of Board Secretariat, CCB, said that the bureau decided to educate public officers on what was expected of them so that they would not feign ignorance of the law.
He also called on the participants to ensure they passed down lessons learnt from the workshop to their subordinates in their various departments.
“We have 14 Code of Conducts for public officers and the asset declaration is one of the codes.
“All these codes should be taken seriously as it will help them maintain high level of morality and accountability.
“The Bureau has been seen as so soft but we want public officers to know that once they are found culpable, we have the power to prosecute them in the court.
“So abiding by the code of conducts should be taken as an individual responsibility, which is enshrined in the constitution,” Isah said.