APC Reduces Presidential Nomination Form To 45 Million

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reduced its Presidential nomination fee to N45 million, as it announced it has begun the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms to its aspirants for the 2019 elections.

The party had earlier pegged the nomination fee for aspirants interested in the office of president at N55m, but the cost had drawn condemnation from party members who felt the price was exorbitant as compared to the price in 2014, which was N27 million.

The APC, in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ibediro, said that the party will end sale of the forms September 1.

The presidential primary is scheduled to hold on September 20 while governorship primaries will be conducted on September 26.

According to the party, each presidential aspirant will pay N5m for expression of interest form and N40m for the nomination form.

It added that a governorship aspirant would pay N2.5m for expression of interest form and N20m for nomination form making it N22.5m.

For a senatorial ticket, an aspirant will pay N1m for the expression of interest form and N6m for a nomination form.

The House of Representatives aspirant will pay N3.85m, including N350,000 for the expression of interest form and N3.5m for the nomination form.

The APC said a House of Assembly aspirant will pay N850,000, including N100,000 for the expression of interest form and N750,000 for the nomination form.

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