Senate President doesn’t know how much he’s worth

Sarakimade the disclosure during an interview with Naziru Mikaliu of the BBC Hausa service.

Excerpts below:

Many in this country see a lot of politicians as wealthy individuals, for example, you as an individual; how much are you worth?

I don’t know!

You don’t know how much you are worth? How much did you declare?

I can’t remember these figures

That means it’s a huge figure?

I don’t think it’s a crime anywhere for you to either work hard or be blessed. What I think is important is the commitment to serve.

How did you amass all this wealth?

I come from a blessed family. I come from a family where my parents were opportuned and after that I worked hard in the private sector and I think I have worked hard for everything that I have. I made 95% of my asset before I joined government.

You are currently standing trial before a court accused of falsely declaring an asset?

Yeah, that case is ongoing.

So did you declare anything that was not yours?

As I have said many times on this case, I will prove my innocence. These were forms that were declared over 13 years ago and it only emerged in August after I became Senate President.

If there were infractions in those forms the Code of Conduct could have raised those items a long time ago; they didn’t. So I said I am confident that I will clear my name and I don’t believe that I have done anything wrong.

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Saraki also refused to describe Nigeria as corrupt saying that he has a duty to market the country properly and as such cannot describe it as such.