APC Fixes N20m for Chairmanship Nomination Form
By Kabir Akintayo
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced that aspirants vying for chairmanship position will pay 20 million naira for a form, while deputy chairmanship form goes for 10 million naira.
Spokeperson of the caretaker extraordinary convention planning committee, Barrister Ismaeel, revealed this after the committee’s routine meeting on Tuesday at the party secretariat in Abuja.
Ismaeel said “So, the Caretaker has mandated me to say that the sale of forms has begun for all the offices, both zonal and national.
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“So, there’ll be no separate zonal
Congress, apart from the national convention. All would happen on the same day. Of course, we expect stakeholders at every zone to meet and decide on certain things.
Zoning had already gone out; you already have the list of the zoning arrangements.
“And then the prices for the zonal positions. I think that’s where there’s a bit of typographical error.
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The form for the position of the national chairman, has been agreed by the party to be sold at 20 million naira. The form for the position of the national secretary is agreed to be sold at the price of 10 million naira.
The form for the position of the deputy national chairman South and North would be sold at the same 10 million naira. All other NWC positions will be sold at 5 million naira.
“NWC positions, not all other offices.
All other NEC positions. Those are the deputy positions that are not members of NWC. Those are NEC positions; forms are going to be sold at 1 million naira. I think that’s one of the information that will go out which I think the directorate of the organisation would make it clear.
“All other positions of NEC which are deputy positions that are non-zonal, and non-NWC would be sold at 1 million naira. All positions at the zonal level, with the exception of the National Vice Chairman, which is also a member of NWC would be sold at 500,000 naira. Of course, that goes with the constitutional provision of women and people with physical challenges would be sold or 50% of the prescribed fees.” Ismaeel maintained.
He added that March 26 is sacrosanct for the National convention, that the party will hold its NEC meeting on Thursday.
He assured that the full timetable will be released again by the Office of Director of Organisation and the zoning arrangement for clarity purpose.
