The Presidency has faulted the listing of President Goodluck Jonathan by a website, RichestLifestyle.com, as the sixth richest African President. It described the publication as another attempt to portray the President as a corrupt leader and incite public disaffection against him. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. Abati said there was no factual basis for Jonathan to be listed as the sixth richest African Head of State with a net worth of about $100 million. He therefore demand a retraction and an unreserved apology from the website and all those who have reproduced the article he called offensive. He threatened that the Presidency would not hesitate to institute a libel case against the authors if they failed to retract the article.
The statement read, “We have noted with consternation the listing of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by a website – RichestLifestyle.com – as the sixth richest African President with an estimated net worth of $100 Million.
“The Presidency condemns the totally unwarranted inclusion of President Jonathan in the publication titled ‘Africa’s Richest Presidents 2014′ as another attempt to unjustifiably portray the President as a corrupt leader and incite public disaffection against him. “We categorically assert that there is no factual basis for ranking President Jonathan as the sixth richest African Head of State with a net worth of about $100 Million.
“As is well known, President Jonathan has never been a businessman or entrepreneur, but a life-long public servant. The President has held public office since 1999 and has regularly declared his assets as required by Nigerian laws. He has had no personal income since 1999 other than his official remuneration as deputy governor, governor, vice president, acting president and president which are matters of public record.
“There has been no significant variation in the totality of his personal assets as contained in his last declaration to the Nigerian Code of Conduct Bureau in 2011 which, as can be verified, was a very, very far cry from the $100 million figure now being bandied about by Richest Lifestyle.com and other irresponsible, copy-cat publications.
“The clear and unacceptable imputation of the claim that President Jonathan is now worth about $100 Million is that the President has corruptly enriched himself while in office which is certainly not the case.
“We therefore demand a retraction and an unreserved apology from Richest Lifestyle.com and all those who have reproduced the offensive article.
“Otherwise, they should be prepared to substantiate their libelous claims against the President in courts of law within and outside Nigeria.”
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Posted: at 8-10-2014 08:36 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Jonathan don't mind the poor for underrating you ,who suppose be the richest if not you ;This guy is so humble in his corrupt DNA ,you are d richest a beg no person should under value your riches .Barawo,
Spare me
Posted: at 9-10-2014 12:32 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
all Nigerians are corrupt, from the bottom till head. 1.go to passport office, normal fee is 10 tausand naira, they ill tell u 18 tausand. why corruption 2.go to ministry of land, for C of O, they demand not less than 100 tausand naira for file attendant, then each office to tender it,s signature 10 tausand naira.why corruption. 3.too many many many ghost workers.
Posted: at 9-10-2014 01:39 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
all Nigerians are corrupt, from the bottom till head. 1.go to passport office, normal fee is 10 tausand naira, they ill tell u 18 tausand. why corruption 2.go to ministry of land, for C of O, they demand not less than 100 tausand naira for file attendant, then each office to tender it,s signature 10 tausand naira.why corruption. 3.too many many many ghost workers. simply legalise corruption in Nigeria
Posted: at 9-10-2014 02:03 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
The President is right in threatening them because they fall his hands. He is the richest Africa President and you people insulted him by saying he is 6th.
Posted: at 9-10-2014 02:37 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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