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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Fresh crisis seems to be looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over failure to refund nomination fees to aspirants that stepped down from various positions during the elective national convention.
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the national leadership to refund the aspirants as a way of pacifying them.
However, four months after the March 26 convention and despite naira rain into the coffers of the party from the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for both party offices and various elective positions, the Abdullahi Adamu-led leadership has remained adamant in meeting up the financial obligations.
Each of the aspirants for party offices paid amounts ranging from N20 million to N2.5 million for the expression of interest and nomination forms depending on the office they vied for.
Report had it that the party raked in over N700 million from the over 170 persons that obtained nomination forms for various party positions from that convention.
It was also learnt that over N3 billion was generated from members who purchased expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the party’s tickets for the 2023 general elections.
However, despite the huge warchest, and presidential directive, the leadership has refused to settle the affected party members. But more worrisome is the complaints by the secretariat staff over the epileptic payment of their salaries gradually becoming a tradition.
They complained that while the June salary was paid in the middle of July, they received their July salary only last week Friday as against the usual payment on the 25th of every month.
