2023: APC House Of Reps Aspirants To Pay N3.8m As Expression of Interest, Nomination Forms
Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) aspiring to contest seats at the House of Representatives should prepare to pay three million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira (N3.850m) for expression of interest and nomination forms.
The party also announced a sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand naira (N850,000) for the aspirants aspiring for the position in the states’ Houses of Assemblies.
Also, the party announced that female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants are entitled to 50% of the prescribed fees for each position.
The announcement was contained in a document and approved timetable/schedule of activities for the concurrent legislative by-elections across four states for the APC and signed by the party’s National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe.
The states are; Cross River State (Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo state Constituency); Imo State (Ngor-Okpala state Constituency); Ondo State (Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency); Plateau State (Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency and Pankshin South State Constituency).
Below is the schedule of activities:
Notice of Election to the State Chapter – Tuesday 18th January, 2022
Sale of Forms (APC National Secretariat) – Tuesday 18th January, 2022
Last Day for Submission of Completed Forms and accompanying documents (APC National Secretariat) – Monday 24th January, 2022
Screening of Aspirants – Wednesday 26th January, 2022
Publication of claims and objections – Friday 28th January, 2022
Screening Appeals – Sunday 30th January, 2022
Primary Election – Tuesday 1st February, 2022
Election Appeal – Thursday 3rd February, 2022
Governors of the party had met behind closed doors at the Kebbi Governors Lodge in Abuja on Sunday to deliberate on the contentious national convention.
The convention is expected to take place in February but a date is yet to be announced.
“We discussed our upcoming convention which you may recall I had cause to address the press after we visited President Buhari in November 2021 where the President and the party agreed that the convention would take place in February,” Chairman of the forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu, said at the end of the meeting.
“We are one group of stakeholders in the party and our party respects institutions. The appropriate organ of the party that will announce a date for the national convention is the CECPC.”
