APC places N22.5m fee on guber aspirants in Ondo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says all governorship aspirants in Ondo State will pay N22.5 million as part of the requirements for contesting in the state’ governorship election on Oct. 10.

In a timetable released in Abuja on Wednesday, APC National Organising Secretary Emma Ibediro said that the party would begin the primaries with the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms to the governorship aspirants.

According to Ibediro, the sale of forms to Ondo State governorship aspirants will be from June 11 to July 1, 2020.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had in February, fixed the governorship election in Ondo State for Oct. 10.

The party’s organising scribe said that the forms for each aspirant had been fixed at N22.5 million.

According to him, this includes N2.5 million for expression of interest form and N20 million for the nomination form.

“There shall be no separate charge for the deputy.

“Female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants will pay 50 per cent of the prescribed fees for each position,” he said.

Ibediro said that all payments would be made into the party’s bank account.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party’s Ondo governorship primary will hold on July 20