Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Usman Bello as the new Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
By Emma Ogbuehi
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Usman Bello as the new Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
The President, in making the announcement, noted that the appointment is subject to Bello’s confirmation by the Senate.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngalale on Thursday described Dr. Bello as a consummate professional with more than 25 years of work experience in consulting, banking, law enforcement, financial services, and academia.
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“The President anticipates that the new Chairman, upon confirmation by the Senate, will lead the Bureau with utmost integrity toward the realization of its mandate of maintaining high standards of public morality in the conduct of government business and ensuring that the actions and behaviour of public officers conform to the highest standards of morality and accountability,” Ngelale said.
Bello succeeds Prof Isah Mohammed, whom former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed in November 2018.
The CCB was established in 1979 when the Constitution provided a list of Codes of Conduct for public officers.
However, it only got its legal mandate in 1989 under the Babangida regime.
The Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Chapter 58 LFN 1990 mandates the Bureau to among other things, receive asset declarations by public officers, examine the declaration, retain custody of such declarations and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe.
Bello is a qualified professional, with MSc in Forensic Accounting, BSc in Applied Accounting, BTech. in Computer Science, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist, final level ACCA student, with over a decade experience in banking as a credit analyst, law enforcement investigating fraud & money laundering and e-payment company as a head of department.
He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle.
