APC Will Charge Presidential Candidates 100 Million To Run for Office

Concerns have risen over how expensive the forms are and experts have said that the fee goes against the Not Too Young To Run bill President Buhari signed in 2018 that allowed for youths to take up offices.

Written by Tomisin Awosika

Apr 21, 2022

Photography by Tolani Alli.

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Yesterday in Abuja, at its National Executive Committee meeting, the All Progressives Congress (APC), released its primary elections timetable for various offices ahead of the 2023 Nigerian elections. It set its presidential primaries for May 30-31. The primaries for governors, state house assembly, national house of representatives and the senate are slated to run from May 18-24.

According to APC’s National Working Committee (NWC), the fee for the presidential nomination form is N100 million: N30 million for expression of interest and N70 million for nomination. This, according to the Nigerian Guardian, is over 100 per cent more than the N45 million paid in 2018 and nearly 200 per cent more than the N27 million paid in 2014. The N100 million fee is also more than double that of the main opposition, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which charges N40 million for a presidential nomination form.

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APC Will Charge Presidential Candidates 100 Million To Run for Office