The Clerk of the National Assembly, Magaji Tambuwal, functions as shareholder and director of a private company, incorporation records show, an action that breaches Nigeria’s anti-corruption law regulating ethical conduct among public officials.
According to the Nigerian Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, public officials are prohibited from managing private businesses except if it is for farming. The purpose of this law is to prevent conflicts of interest and abuse of office among government officials.
However, the company, YASMA Special Services Limited, owned by Mr Tambuwal, which was incorporated in 2010, is focused on “trading, to carry on the business of general contracting, trading, import, export, general logistics services, supplies, transportation, etc.,” as confirmed by company records obtained from the Corporate Affairs Commission during PREMIUM TIMES’ investigation.
As the head of the bureaucracy at the National Assembly, Mr…
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