In consideration of the forthcoming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pegged the purchase of its governorship election nomination forms at N21m.
Rising from its 86th Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, PDP has pegged the nomination at N20 million and the expression of interest form at N1 million.
Speaking after the meeting, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, explained that the party decided to increase the price of forms because of the cost of conducting primary elections which is usually very high.
Ologbondiyan however assured that the party would conduct a free, fair and credible primary elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states to produce credible candidates in the coming months.
“The return of expression of interest/nomination forms would commence on Monday, June 24 and close on Wednesday, July 24 at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja,” he added.
A document signed by the PDP National Organizing Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (Retd) also confirmed that sales and return of expression of interest/nomination forms would commence on Monday, June 24 and close Wednesday, July 24 at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
Recall that PDP sold its presidential nomination and expression of interest form for the 2019 presidential election at N2 million and N10 million respectively making a total of N12 million, while that of governorship was sold for N1 million and N5 million, making a total of N6 million.