STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT:
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 U.S. Dollars.
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 U.S. Dollars.
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.......Na wao ooo There is God ooo.
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.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
October 8, 2014.
Hmmmm I was really
scared like seriously scared to have published the presidential press statement
but I almost published the said #reproduced list last night but you know how it
is with the server in Nigeria. #Networkfailure* But read it here
Well, I will keep my
hands on desk and wait for the said #Unreservedapology I promise I will also join them to publish it
too. Lol #Nigerians are waiting #Myeyesarerolling. LMAO
Thank you.
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