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“Prior to being sworn in on May 29 … Buhari had less than N30 million to his name. He also had only one bank account, with the Union Bank. “[He] had no foreign account, no factory and no enterprises. He also had no registered company and no oil wells.”
Osinbajo describing Buhari as being poorer today is a nuanced attempt to sustain the poverty narrative. But it also makes it imperative that Nigerians interrogate it. If “poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs, including food, clothing and shelter,” can anyone say that Buhari has ever been poor since he enlisted in the army in the early 1960s?
In a 2014 document titled, “My 100 days covenant with Nigerians,” the then APC presidential candidate said: “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities, encourage all my appointees to publicly declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment.” He added: “There is no question at all that [Buhari] and [Osinbajo] are committed to public declaration of their assets within the 100 days that they pledged during the presidential campaign.”
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