The days of impunity in Nigeria’s public sector may soon be over, as the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is set to arraign two directors and 31 civil servants on November 7, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Disclosing this in a statement signed by the Head of Press Unit of CCT, Mr. Ibraheem Al-Hassan, the defendants to be arraigned comprise senior federal civil servants from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Environment, the Nigeria Geological Survey and National Orientation Agency.
Al-Hassan, who did not reveal the identities of the public sector to be arraigned, said the officials would be arraigned on charges bordering on breach of codes of conduct of public officers.
According to the statement, “The Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon Danladi Yakubu Umar, has approved November 7, 2017 for the arraignment of two directors and 31 senior federal civil servants for alleged breach of Code of Conduct laws.
“The approval was sequel to request from Code of Conduct Bureau for his lordship to commence trial of the civil servants who were drawn from Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Environment, and others from some federal agencies thus: Nigeria Geological Survey and National Orientation Agency.
“The alleged charges against the officers are of different degrees, but all border on asset declaration breaches, as filed by Code of Conduct Bureau through the office of Attorney General of the Federation.”
