A Coalition of Civil Society Organisation has called on Zamfara State governor, Mr. Dauda Lawal to tell the public how he made his money.
The convener of the group, Comrade Femi Lawson, made the call while addressing a press conference in Lagos.
He stated that the group was also interested to know how he acquired the houses he declared in his declaration form that he has in France, USA, and United Kingdom.
He pointed out that the group was not against people gathering wealth before seeking public office, but the source of their wealth should be transparent.
He noted that when Mr Lawal was sworn in, the news was everywhere that he was worth $5bn and N1bn in nine banks.
“Our challenge now is that it is incumbent on Mr. Lawal to lead by example. What we are now asking is for Mr. Lawal to tell the world how he made his money and details of his asset declaration, before the Code of Conduct Bureau.
”It was in the news that he, Governor Dauda Lawal declared assets worth N9trn, which he only denied when the uproar and public scrutiny was huge and resounding.
“The African richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is worth $15bn with his assets, and Lawal is worth $5bn without any known companies or major breakthroughs in new inventions or technology. How did he make his money? From the information we gathered, Mr. Lawal had declared such a humongous amount to the code of conduct bureau as part of the enabling laws to take over as state governor, “ he stated.
The CSO stated that it beamed it searchlight on Zamfara for obvious reasons.
“Why Zamfara? This is because despite the availability of gold and other mineral resources, in large quantities, the people of Zamfara have not been able to benefit substantially from these God-given resources. The security issues and underdevelopment have put the state in a state of comatose. Why is it that terrorism has remained unabated in Zamfara? “It wondered.
