Buhari, Osinbajo declare assets

•VP says President’s election is divine intervention in Nigeria’s affairs
•Don’t allow corrupt people around you, Bishop Oke warns VP
President Muham-madu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets in line with provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
Their declaration forms were submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau on Thursday, 24 hours before they were sworn- in at Abuja.
The Head of the  Buhari Media Team, Mallam Garba Shehu confirmed the development yesterday, saying the Bureau Chairman, Sam Saba acknowledged receipt of the  assets declaration forms.

Details of the declared assets were not made available.
“President Buhari’s Declarant ID was given as: ‘President: 000001/2015′,” Garba said.
He added: “The Nigerian Constitution states in Chapter VI Section 140, that a person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in the Constitution.”
He said that by declaring their assets, President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo have not only fulfilled the requirements of the Constitution, but also fulfilled the first of their many campaign promises.
And speaking at the Inaugural Thanksgiving at the national Christian Centre, Abuja yesterday, Osinbajo said the victory of President Buhari in the March 28 election was a clear testimony of divine intervention in Nigeria’s affairs.
“After three failed attempts, God made Muhhamadu Buhari win his fourth attempt at becoming Nigeria’s president because it is the time for God to heal this nation,” he said.
“God’s plan is to make Nigeria a nation that will be admired and respected among the nations of the earth; and this he (Buhari) intends to do by establishing truth and integrity, ensuring that corruption is eradicated, and resources meant for all are not cornered by few but used according to law, justice and equity to the benefit of all.
“The Lord wants a nation ruled only in accordance to law and justice, where the guilty are punished and the good are rewarded.
“Listening to President Buhari deliver his inaugural speech, I am sure you will agree that he emphasized these three clear desires of God.”

Osinbajo said he himself was divinely chosen to assist Buhari transform the country.
He said: “The great and mighty God who has chosen me at this time by Himself to assist the President of this nation.”
In a sermon at the service, Bishop Wale Oke, said that anyone who honours God must be honoured by God.
Stressing that the thanksgiving service was about honouring God, he warned the Vice President not to allow corrupt people around him.
He said that the Vice President’s career and reputation built over the years could go up in flames within seconds should he condone corruption.
He said: “If you are corrupt, you cannot be a friend of God. We pray that you will enjoy the manifest of God all the days of your life.
“When others don’t have an answer to a situation, God will reveal it to you. He will make you the Joseph of this administration.
“God will reveal the secret of the problems of Nigeria to you like Joseph and Daniel in the Holy Bible. Your Excellency, choose the way of Abraham and not that of Eli. With that, I believe generations unborn will celebrate you.
“The nation has a brilliant hope in the combination of you and Buhari, who is known for his uprightness.”
Dignitaries at the service included former Head of State, General  Yakubu Gowon and his wife, Victoria, national chairman of the  All Progressives Congress (APC),Chief  John Odigie-Oyegun and his wife, representative of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Joseph Obayemi, Governor  Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, the immediate past governor of River State Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, three former governors of Ekiti State, Engineer  Segun Oni, Otunba  Niyi Adebayo and  Dr. Kayode Fayemi and former governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
Also at the service were the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, Senator Olorunmibe Mamora, the VP’s father-in-law, Mr. Tayo Shoyode and members of the diplomatic corps.
The Vice President directed that offering collected at  the service be remitted to all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the country.