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Ethics code for ministers, advisers

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    The 42 ministers-designate and 12 presidential advisers approved thus far by Nigeria’s senate have adopted a code of conduct designed to ensure probity, transparency and accountability in government, news reports said.

    “The adoption of the code of conduct for ministers and special advisers in the federation is a landmark in the revival of just and honest government in Nigeria,” President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Sunday.

    The precepts of the 14-point code include selflessness, integrity objectivity, openness, honesty and leadership. It comes in addition to a code of conduct for public officers contained in the 1999 constitution, Nigerian radio reported on Sunday.

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