President Jonathan Demands Retraction and Apology from Richest LifeStyle Website [ DETAILS ]

Yesterday, a report was published by
richestlist.com , listing President Jonathan as
the 6th Richest African President,with a net
worth of $100million dollars.Below is a state
house release demanding a retraction and an
apology.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.
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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)