Abuja-
President Goodluck Jonathan made tax payments of N6, 264,221.75 to the Federal
Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS), out of a total of N43, 230, 871.44 as president
between 2011 and 2013.
Details of
the president’s tax payment also showed that the president did not earn any
other income besides his fixed income as president of the country in that
period. There were no indications of income from stocks or other businesses
that the president could have had.
Despite
earning a regular service of N14, 410, 290.48 in each of the three years, the
president tax liabilities however increased in 2012 and 2013 to N2, 510, 775.
77 up from the N1, 242, 670.21 paid in 2011.
The
returns were displayed at the office of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, at Area 10, Abuja.
The
income tax clearance certificate from the Federal Inland Revenue Service with
Ref no- Abj/MDA/PAYE/09690150 and dated July 2, 2014 were part of the
president’s submission as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic
Party, PDP.
The
document tagged with: “To whom it may concern,” indicated that the president’s
source of income was ‘employment’.
The
clearance which was stamped and received in the Legal Services Department of
INEC on December 18, 2014, reads- “This is to certify that Dr. Jonathan Ebele
Goodluck (Presidency), has paid income tax assessment for the past three years.
CCB
clears Sambo
Meanwhile,
the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB has cleared Vice president, Namadi Sambo to
contest the 2015 election.
The
letter of clearance was issued by the Chairman of CCB, Mr. Sam Saba, to Sambo
for the 2011 general elections.
It reads-
“This is to certify that Arc. Namadi Sambo, the Vice president of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria has never breached any of the code of conduct for public
officers as contained in 5th schedule to (sic) the constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (1999), and he has been declaring his assets
as and when due. He is, therefore, cleared to contest the 2011 Presidential
election”.
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