For presiding over the affairs of
Nigeria as its president in the
last three years, you won’t
believe how much President
Goodluck Jonathan has pocketed
as salary.
Vanguard reports that in the last
three years President Goodluck
Jonathan has pocketed N43.231
million as salary while he had in
the last three years, paid N6.264
million as tax to the country.
Vanguard also made it known
that the document which was
placed at the INEC office at Area
10, Abuja, showed that the
president, in 2011, 2012 and
2013, received the said amount.
The document showed that the
president’s salary stands at
N14,410,290.48 per annum. The
president also paid a total of
N6,264,221.75 as tax in the years
under review.

The income tax clearance
certificate from the Federal
Inland Revenue Service, Abuja,
with Ref. No: ABJ/MDA/
PAYE/09690150 and dated July 2,
2014, revealed that in the years
2011, 2012 and 2013, he received
a total of N43,230,871.44 as
salary.
While he paid N1,242,670.21 as
tax in 2011, President Jonathan
paid N2,510,775.77 for 2012 and
for 2013.

Not bad