Katsina Election Townhall

: APC screening committee clears 13 youthful aspirants, disqualifies 10 others

The All Progressives Congress’ presidential committee has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries scheduled for next week.

Chairman of the Committee, John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday.
According to Mr Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

He added that only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.

However when asked about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Mr Oyegun declined to disclose the names.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention in Abuja between June 6 and 8.

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: ZLP declares free nomination forms for youths, women, PLWD

The ZLP has announced that youths, women, and people living with disabilities desirous of contesting in the 2023 elections will be given nomination forms for any of the elective offices free of charge.

In a release issued by the party’s National Secretary, Yahaya Makama, the party said the National Working Committee on Thursday approved the sale of Nomination forms to prospective aspirants and to make it affordable to youths, women and People living with Disabilities.

He said, “The reduction of the nomination fees is to allow credible Nigeria’s who are popular but hindered by high nomination fees charged by Political Parties. They now have the opportunity to use a platform that is pocket friendly in their quest to serve. Youths, women and people living with Disabilities are to obtain their Nominations forms for Free.

The Zenith Labour Party is a Gender-sensitive Political Party and we believe in the inclusiveness of women and youths in the governance of the Country. Women and youths now have a very good opportunity to actualize their political dreams.

We should all move away from the social media Politics to practical grassroots politics to enable us to bring the positive change that we all desire in our country.”

The party however fixed the State Assembly for N350,000, House of Representatives for N700,000 and Senate N2,000,000.

Other categories of forms include N23 million and N12 million for Expression of Interest and Nomination Form for the Presidential and Governorship offices respectively.

: Aspirant refuses to buy form for N21m, says "It’s teaching aspirants to steal"

A gubernatorial aspirant in Katsina State, Muttaqha Rabe Darma has condemned the cost of governorship forms under the PDP which is set at 21 million naira.

According to Muttaqha, the announcement is invariably telling aspirants to steal if they eventually occupy the office.

The former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), made the remark while fielding questions from journalists over the weekend. His words;

"How can you ask aspirants to pay N21 million just to contest for governorship. N21 million is 10 months salary of a Governor. Even if it is one month’s salary, that money is still too much and I cannot afford to pay such an amount to contest to be Governor in my state.

What are they trying to tell the contestants? They are teaching them to steal when they come into the office. This is corruption playing out but people are just folding their hands and not saying anything. If we fail to protest now next time it might rise up to N100 million.

“What this means is that whoever is qualified and interested in contesting for governorship under the PDP must have a Godfather that will be able to give him that money and if you eventually win and become Governor you will become a slave to the Godfather who will do whatever he likes with you. However, if you manage to pay the money and you lose in the election, you will become impoverished.
This is not supposed to be.”

: Political appointees barred from voting

The All Progressives Congress has barred all political appointees who were selected as delegates from voting at its national convention.

The party posted on its official page .

"ALL Political Appointees elected as delegates to the National Convention slated for 26th March, 2022 will be attending as Observers.
THEY WILL NOT VOTE!".

The decision may be unconnected to the disputed section 84(12) of the electoral act 2022.

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needs 21-day notice to change Buni, says , declines invitation to party's NEC

There seems to be no let-up in the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday said the party could only remove the National CECPC, Mai Mala Buni, and other officers after a 21-day notice to the electoral body.

INEC said it cannot attend the emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of APC next week because the party was yet to comply with relevant laws and regulations.

It faulted the party for notifying it of its NEC meeting without the signatures of Buni and the Secretary of CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedohe.

It asked APC to follow due process if it wanted to effect change of leadership.

INEC made its position known in a March 9, 2021 letter to APC by the Secretary, Mrs. Rose Oriaran-Anthony.