PRESIDENT JONATHAN DEMANDS REMOVAL OF NAME AND UNRESERVED APOLOGY OVER RICHEST PRESIDENT LIST

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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.
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 & Publicity)
October 8, 2014

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