President Jonathan’s
book goes to top of
best seller list
27 Dec 2010
We are still trying to get him to
be a fan of our Facebook page
Abuja – Nigerian President
Goodluck Jonathan’s book of his
Facebook interactions has
become the fastest selling book
ever in the history of Nigeria - a
record usually held by Pastors.
When the Nigerian President
announced his plan to release
the book, to stimulate the
reading culture in Nigeria, many
naysayers sniggered at him.
Some even questioned his sanity:
“Has the ghost of his
predecessor been haunting Aso
rock, thus turning him mad ?”
they asked.
His political opponents gleefully
looked forward to the book
launch, expecting it to be the
biggest flop since the attempt on
the 50th Anniversary, to bake the
biggest cake in the world.
IBB particularly, was overheard
telling someone on the phone
that, “After this, we will only have
Atiku to worry about.”
The President, however, seems to
have had the last laugh. His book
not only earned him praise for
“ Bringing Facebook to Nigeria,” –
a claim which Facebook’s lawyers
are still looking into - but he has
also now officially outsold every
single self-improvement book,
prayer book, re-prints of Ikebe
super, and every one of Wole
Soyinka ’s cryptic manuscripts
ever published.
As of going to press, 10,000,000
copies of the President ’s books
had been sold.
Indeed, if his aim is really to
stimulate the reading culture in
Nigeria, ten million people will
now learn how to read and write
Facebook English. LWKMD.
Enemies of progress are
however quick to question the
sales figures, asking how it ’s
possible that a book by GEJ can
outsell “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.”
Well, we can authoritatively reveal
how the President managed to
shift a cool ten million copies in a
week:
Sales to date:
Minister of Information: 5000
copies
Ministry of Information: 500,000
copies
Other Ministers: 60,000 copies
Other Ministries: 1,200,000
copies
State Governors: 25,000 copies
each
Governor Alao Akala: 1,000,000
(WTF?!)
State first ladies: 15,000 copies
each
Senators: 10,000 copies each
House of rep members: 10,000
copies each
Dimeji Bankole: 50,000 copies
National Library: 1 copy
Other dignitaries at the book
launch: 1,000,000 copies
Unknown PDP supporter:
5,000,000 copies
State legislators: 500 copies each
Wives of state legislators: 250
copies each
Government contractors:
2,500,000 copies
Atiku Campaign organisation: 10
copies
The list goes on, but the point is
made.
Reacting to the news, a certain
Presidential aspirant is said to be
planning the launch of his own
book, “My Top 1000 Twits,”
while another has just rushed to
his publishers with a book titled,
“ MySpace- Your World.”

funny, intelligent write up