Billionaire Atiku declares paltry N20m yearly income
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he is also the founder of american university in yola and has a chain of schools under abti brand1 peoples democratic party pdp presidential candidate atiku abubakar believed to be a multi-billionaire has declared a paltry yearly personal income of n20 million1 the pdp candidate who prides himself as a businessman and job creator said he earned only n60.2 million in three years and paid a paltry n10.8 million tax between 2015 and 20171 some reports have estimated atikus wealth at about 1.4 billion1 in 2014 atiku boasted that he was the greatest employer of labour in nigeria with about 50000 nigerians on his payroll1 as an individual i believe my record in employing young nigerians is unrivalled by any single private investor in nigeria the former vice president said1 he has investments in media shipping education and other sectors. one of the companies where he has substantial interest is intels which recently ran into trouble with the nigerian government for not remitting revenue due to the nigerian treasury1 the shocking revelation was contained in the credentials that atiku filed with the the independent national electoral commission inec1 he owns prodeco a property development company and prodeco international operating in oil1 prodeco founded in 1996 engages in building marine and infrastructural construction in the oil and gas industry1 he also has interest in agriculture with atiku abubakar farms1 the pdp candidates credentials indicate his highest educational qualification as a diploma in law of 1969 from the ahmadu bello university abu1 president muhammadu buhari in an affidavit to support his form said his credentials are still with the military1 in the sworn affidavit the president who is the candidate of the all progressives congress apc said i am the above-named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. all my academic qualification documents as filled in my presidential form apc0012015 are currently with the secretary of the military board as of the time of this affidavit1