The Nigerian government has dismissed
reports it has ordered 53 gold-plated iPhones to celebrate the
anniversary of the country’s independence.
HumanIPO reported
yesterday that Amjad Ali, founder of Gold and Co, had told the British
media Nigeria had placed the expensive order for the devices.
But According to Reuben Abati, special adviser to the president on media, the rumour is “misleading, false and mischievous”.
“We consider the reports in a section of the media claiming
that the Nigerian government had ordered customised gold iPhones from a
Dubai-based company to mark the country’s 53rd independence anniversary
in October as not only false and misleading, but utterly mischievous,”
Abati said in a statement.
He added the allegation was meant to discredit President Goodluck Jonathan.
While expressing the commitment of the Nigerian government
to remain focused, Abati advised the Dubai-based company to reveal the
identity of the individual that ordered the iPhones.
“We urge the Dubai-based company, which has since said that
the order for the said 53 gold iPhones was placed by a private
individual and not the Nigerian government, to go ahead and disclose the
identity of that individual,” Abati said.
“We appeal to the public to beware of the increasing desperation of
those with politically vested interests, seeking to pull down this
administration. Their moral bankruptcy is condemnable.”
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