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Councilorship aspirants to pay N2.5m
From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed ₦20 million for any chairmanship aspirant wishing to purchase its expression of interest and nomination forms for the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election.
The statement released by the national leadership of the party revealed that the aspirants for the councillorship position will cough up the sum of N2.5 million for the nomination forms.
Giving a further breakdown, the ruling party explained that while chairmanship aspirants will pay N5 million for the expression of interest form, they will spend N15 million for the nomination form, totalling N20 million.
Similarly, the councillorship aspirants will pay N500,000 for the expression of interest form and N2 million for the nomination form, totalling N2.5 million.
The statement from the party further disclosed that the sale of the nomination forms will be held between Thursday, May 22, this week, and Wednesday, May 28, next week, adding that next week, Thursday, May 29, will be the deadline for the submission of the completed nomination forms.