APC Shuts Out Presidential Aspirants With Exorbitant N45 Million Interest Fee

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the timetable for its primaries ahead of the general elections in 2019.

The party made the announcement in a statement by its national organising secretary, Emmanuel Ibediro.

APC National Working Committee explained that the schedule was in line with the party’s guidelines for the conduct of primaries for the forthcoming polls as approved by its National Executive Committee (NEC).

The presidential primary is scheduled to hold on September 20 while governorship primaries will be conducted on September 25.

According to the timetable, members of the party aspiring to contest for the presidency are to pay N40m and N5m for the nomination and expression of interest forms respectively.

Similarly, governorship aspirants will pay N22.5m for the forms while the those vying for the Senate, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly seats are to purchase the forms for N7m, N3.85m, and N850,000 respectively.

The APC said all payments should be made in full directly into its designated bank accounts.

The sale of forms will be followed by the APC Nationwide Congresses to elect delegates for other primaries.

However, the presidential primary will be decided by the direct system as adopted at the party’s NEC meeting.

See the schedule released by the APC below;

SCHEDULE / TIMETABLE OF ACTIVITIES  

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in line with the provisions of our Party’s Guidelines for the conduct of Party Primaries for the 2019 General Elections as approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) announces the commencement of our Nomination process as follows;

PURCHASE OF FORMS

• All interested aspirants for Presidential, Governorship, Senate and House of Representatives elections are to purchase their forms from the National Secretariat, Blantyre Street Wuse II – Abuja.

• All interested aspirants for State of House of Assembly are to purchase their forms at their respective State Party Secretariat or the National Secretariat.

All payments should be made in full directly into the designated bank accounts of the All Progressives Congress as follows;

1. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

• Expression of Interest N100,000.00
• Nomination N750,000.00

N850,000.00

1. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

• Expression of Interest N 350,000.00
• Nomination N3,500,000.00

N3,850,000.00

1. SENATE

• Expression of Interest N1,000,000.00
• Nomination N6,000,000.00

N7,000,000.00

1. GOVERNORSHIP

• Expression of Interest N 2,500,000.00
• Nomination N20,000,000.00

N22,500,000.00

1. PRESIDENCY

• Expression of Interest N 5,000,000.00
• Nomination N40,000,000.00

N45,000,000.00

• There shall be no separate charge for deputy

• Female Aspirants and Physically Challenged Aspirants 50% of the prescribed fees for each position.

MODALITIES FOR THE COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF FORMS

CLOSING

All forms are to be collected and submitted on or before Wednesday 12^thSeptember, 2018

SIGNED

EMMA IBEDIRO ESQ.

NATIONAL ORGANIZING SECRETARY