The name of President Goodluck Jonathan has been removed from the Richest African Presidents 2014 list by publishers after he was placed on the six position with a net worth of $100 million dollars.
After the RichestLifestyle.com posted a list of the Richest African Presidents 2014,President Jonathan, speaking through his spokesman Reuben Abati, demanded a retraction of the “libellous” publication and an apology, threatening to initiate legal action within and outside Nigeria.
A check on the website revealed that the article on President Jonathan has been deleted. The publishers stated of the removal of the article thus, ”This article has been removed. The net worth was evaluated by Celebrity Net Worth”.
The Presidency on Wednesday condemned what it termed “the totally unwarranted inclusion of President Jonathan in the publication”.
In a statement, Reuben Abati said the President has never been a businessman and all his income since 1999 till date has been from the emoluments he earned from the offices he has held.
According to Dr Abati, the “the totally unwarranted inclusion of President Jonathan in the publication titled “Africa’s Richest Presidents 2014″ is another attempt to unjustifiably portray the President as a corrupt leader and incite public disaffection against him”.
He said that “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”
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