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.
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) -
Follow up;
The website has since deleted President Jonathan's name from the list.
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) - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/10/president-jonathan-says-his-inclusion.html#sthash.BUveMH5U.dpuf
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) - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/10/president-jonathan-says-his-inclusion.html#sthash.BUveMH5U.dpuf
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) - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/10/president-jonathan-says-his-inclusion.html#sthash.BUveMH5U.dpuf
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