The cost of the forms, particularly that of the APC, has attracted widespread criticism.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has condemned the cost of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party nomination forms.The APC and PDP had fixed the cost of their presidential nomination forms at N100 million and N40 million respectively. Falana in a statement on Sunday described the actions of both political parties as a mockery of the Not Too Young To Run Bill signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018.
The party’s NEC also approved a 50 per cent reduction in nomination fees for youths aged 25 to 30 years for various elective positions. In justifying its own high nomination fees the opposition party said that 'We are a mass movement for the Nigerian people. This is why our nomination fees are soft and democratic'.
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