1. A public officer
shall not put himself in a position where his personal interest
conflicts with his duties and responsibilities.
2. Without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, a public officer
shall not
(a) receive
or be paid the emoluments of any public office at the same time
as he receives or is paid the emoluments of any other public
office; or
3. The President,
Vice -President, Governor, Deputy Governor, Ministers of the
Government of the Federation and Commissioners of the Governments
of the States, members of the National Assembly and of the Houses
of Assembly of the States, and such other public officers or
persons as the National Assembly may by law prescribe shall
not maintain or operate a bank account in any country outside
Nigeria.
Retired public officers
4.
- (1) A
public officer shall not, after his retirement from public service
and while receiving pension from public funds, accept more than
one remuneration position as chairman, director or employee
of -
(a) a company owned or controlled by the government;
or
(b) any public authority.
(2) a retired public servant shall not receive any other
remuneration from public funds in addition to his pension
and the emolument of such one remunerative position.
Certain
retired public officers
5.
- (1) Retired
public officers who have held offices to which this paragraph
applies are prohibited from service or employment in foreign
companies or foreign enterprises.
(2) This paragraph applies to the offices of President, Vice-President,
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Governor and Deputy governor of
a State.
Gifts or benefits
in kind
6.
- (1) A
public officer shall not ask for or accept property or benefits
of any kind for himself or any other person on account of anything
done or omitted to be done by him in the discharge of his duties.
(2) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph,
the receipt by a public officer of any gifts or benefits from
commercial firms, business enterprises or persons who have
contracts with the government shall be presumed to have been
received in contravention of the said sub-paragraph unless
the contrary is proved.
(3) A public officer shall only accept personal gifts or
benefits from relatives or personal friends to such extent
and on such occasions as are recognised by custom:
Provided that any gift or donation to a public officer on
any public or ceremonial occasion shall be treated as a gift
to the appropriate institution represented by the public officer,
and accordingly, the mere acceptance or receipt of any such
gift shall not be treated as a contravention of this provision.
Restriction on loans,
gifts or benefits to certain public officers
7. The President
or Vice-President, Governor or Deputy Governor, Minister of
the Government of the Federation or Commissioner of the Government
of a State, or any other public officer who holds the office
of a Permanent Secretary or head of any public corporation,
university, or other parastatal organisation shall not accept
-
(a) a loan,
except from government or its agencies, a bank, building society,
mortgage institution or other financial institution recognised
by law,; and
(b) any benefit of whatever nature from any company, contractor,
or businessman, or the nominee or agent of such person:
Provided that the head of a public corporation or of a university
or other parastatal organisation may, subject to the rules
and regulations of the body, accept a loan from such body.
Bribery of public
officers
8. No persons shall
offer a public officer any property, gift or benefit of any
kind as an inducement or bribe for the granting of any favour
or the discharge in his favour of the public officer's duties.
Abuse of powers
9. A public officer
shall not do or direct to be done, in abuse of his office, any
arbitrary act prejudicial to the rights of any other person
knowing that such act is unlawful or contrary to any government
policy.
