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.
The years which the president earned the salary and paid the
tax, according to document from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, he
released to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were 2011,
2012 and 2013.
It was also made 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.
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.
The 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.See the document below....
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