There were earlier posts that Jonathan is the Africa’s 6th
Richest President according to a report published by richestlist.com.
Here is a state house release demanding a retraction and an
apology:
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.
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
The part of the publication posted on my blog had earlier been deleted since i found it to be misleading, malicious and most importantly unwarranted as described by Reuben Abati above.
I thus unreservedly apologize for any harm, damages or disaffection that may have caused President Jonathan, Nigeria's First Family, Nigeria and all her citizens.
I am 100% #ProudlyNigerian.
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