2023: Probe Aspirants Who Spend N100m on APC Nomination Forms, PDP Chairman Tells Anti-Graft Agencies

2023: Probe Aspirants Who Spend N100m on APC Nomination Forms, PDP Chairman Tells Anti-Graft Agencies

  • Reactions have continued to trail the cost of the ruling party's nomination form, the APC N100 million nomination forms for presidential aspirants
  • The opposition party's chairman, PDP has called on the anti-graft agency, the EFCC to probe any aspirant who purchases the form
  • Dr Iyorchia Ayu said the APC administration is all bent on inflicting untold hardship on Nigerians, hence it is evident for all to see and make a u-turn in 2023 by voting the PDP into power

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has asked anti-graft agencies to go after any presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who purchases the N100 million nomination and Expression of Interest forms.

Daily Trust reports that Ayu said with the exorbitant price of the forms, the party was still ready to inflict more pain on Nigerians.

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Ayu through a statement by his special adviser on communication and strategy, Simon Imobo-Tswam, disclosed that the fixing of the form at such an outrageous price indicates the character of the APC as a party.

N100m APC Forms, PDP Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu
The PDP says the APC-led administration headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, has inflicted untold hardship on Nigerians. Photo credit: Femi Adesina
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He said:

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“Fixing of her (APC) nomination forms at N100m, N50m, N20m etc casts the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the image of rogues and hypocrites.”

Ayu recalled that Buhari, in 2014, told Nigerians that he had to borrow N27m to buy his nomination form but has now sanctioned the sale of the same forms at N100m, The Punch added.

He, therefore, called on Nigerians to vote for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections in 2023 as they can see the difference in the cost price of its forms.

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He affirmed:

“We, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are different.”

2023: Nigerians deserve a certificate of survival for the hardship caused by APC, says PDP group

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth group, PDP New Generation, on Wednesday, April 20 declared that Nigerians deserve a certificate in 2023 for surviving the hardship caused by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Director-General of the group, Audu Mahmood, made the comment at a press briefing in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

His words:

Dr Iyorchia Ayu the APC administration is all bent on inflicting untold hardship on Nigerians, hence it is evident for all to see and make a u-turn in 2023 by voting the PDP into power

2023: Governance suffers as public office holders prepare for party primaries

Meanwhile, a recent report has revealed how major organs of governments across the country now operate at the lowest ebb as politicians engage in an intense fight for tickets of their parties for the 2023 general election in the country.

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A survey showed that top functionaries of government and lawmakers have riveted their attention to securing tickets for elective offices as parties step up preparations for primaries to pick candidates.

The National Assembly has proceeded on break, ostensibly to enable its members, a number of whom are seeking fresh mandate or nursing governorship aspiration, to partake in their respective party primaries.

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