Labelling President Jonathan The 6th Richest African President Is Baseless, Libellous & A Dent To His Image- Presidency

After Richestlifestyle.com published an article about
President Jonathan being the 6^th richest African president, the
presidency has responded and said the article is baseless and libellous and
also demands an unreserved apology from the publication outfit and others who
reposted it or else, they should be ready to face a lawsuit anywhere in the
world. Here’s the Press Release from them;

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.