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  • Amaechi purchases 100 million APC presidential nomination form

    Amaechi purchases 100 million APC presidential nomination form

    Former Rivers Governor and current Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has obtained his All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential expression of interest and nomination forms TheNewsGuru.com can authritatively confirm.

    Amaechi disclosed this via his verified Facebook account on Friday.

    Amaechi made a promise to represent all tribes and region across the country, adding that the country’s economy will be looked into.

     

    Transportation minister described himself as a true Nigerian candidate.

    “I just got my expression of interest and presidential nomination forms. I appreciate my friends and associates for doing me this honour.

     

    “I just got my expression of interest and presidential nomination forms. I appreciate my friends and associates for doing me this honour.

     

    “I assure you that I am a representation of all tribes and regions. A true Nigerian candidate,” he wrote.

    Recently, the Minister declared his aspiration to become Nigeria’s President in 2023.

    The APC pegged its presidential forms at N100 million, with the break down of 70 million for nomination form whilst expression of interest form cost 30 Million.

     

  • Bello to pick N100m APC presidential nomination form on Wednesday

    Bello to pick N100m APC presidential nomination form on Wednesday

    Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has paid for his All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election.
    Mr Yemi Kolapo, Director, Media and Publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
    Kolapo said the governor paid the required N100 million for the purchase of the forms early on Tuesday.
    “This made him the first to officially seal his aspiration to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023,” he said.
    She recalled that Nigerians from all walks of life stormed the Abuja Eagle Square on Saturday, April 2, to witness the official acceptance of Bello to vie for the 2023 presidency.
    According to him, the venue of the declaration was filled to the brim with different support groups while an almost equal crowd was seen outside the venue.
    Kolapo said with the payment for the forms, Bello’s teeming supporters should rest assured that he would be on the ballot paper in the 2023 presidential race.
    “We are highly encouraged by the number of APC governors, leaders and stakeholders who have demonstrated their strong support for the candidacy of our principal.
    “We reiterate that he is not known for betrayal. He is always very loyal to his own, and his priorities had always been Nigeria, Nigeria and Nigeria.
    “Though, the race officially begins now, it is on record that Bello has consistently been at the forefront of the contest.
    “He has demonstrated this again by being the first to pay for the APC expression of interest and nomination forms.
    “We urge delegates and indeed all Nigerians to shun divisive narratives in the interest of the nation and choose the best of the lot,” she said.
    He expressed optimism that the APC Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) would put the interest of the party and that of Nigeria first in its activities for the emergence of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate.
    He noted that the last few months had witnessed persistent calls by youth, women and professional groups across Nigeria on the Kogi governor to contest the 2023 presidential election.
    “With Sen. Jonathan Zwingina as the Chairman of the Hope ’23 Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, and Hafsat Abiola-Costello as the Director-General, the tone is set for hope to be actualised for Nigerians in 2023,” Kolapo said.
  • 2023 Elections: APC fixes date for sale of nomination forms

    2023 Elections: APC fixes date for sale of nomination forms

    All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin sale of expression of interest and nomination forms on Tuesday. The exercise which was already billed to start on Saturday was postponed due to some logistics problems and administrative challenges.

    A source within the APC has disclosed that Tuesday is a visible date for the exercise to kick start in a make shift office in Abuja because of the renovation going on at the Abuja APC secretariat.

    It was gathered that nomination forms for aspirants to the State House of Assembly will be sold in the various states as the party has decided to send this category of forms to each of 36 State headquarters of the party.

    According to the source “The sales of expression of interest and nomination forms will now start nationwide on Tuesday.

    ”The NWC is conscious of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) June 3rd deadline given to all political parties, hence, it was resolved that forms for State Houses of Assembly be sold at the state level. The National Secretariat will dispatch the State House of Assembly forms to the states over the weekend to enable them to start on Tuesday.

    “For those aspiring for other positions from House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidential, their forms will be sold by the National Secretariat at a designated place to be announced by Monday. The ongoing renovation at the Mohammadu Buhari House necessitated the change in venue of sales.” Our source further said: “but for the delay in the delivery of the forms by the printers, the NWC is committed to concluding all arrangements for the conduct of primaries as scheduled by INEC.

    ”We will do everything possible to start the process by Tuesday 26th of April”

    “We are good to go by Tuesday. Detail information about the exercise will soon be made known to the Press,”

  • APC presidential candidate, Adamu Garba seeks on Twitter #100m nomination form for party

    APC presidential candidate, Adamu Garba seeks on Twitter #100m nomination form for party

    Similar to Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, failed plan to spend N50 million on the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms ahead of the 2023 general elections, another presidential candidate of the party, Adamu Garba, has taken to social media to solicit for funds to enable him purchase it.

     

    Recall that Ngige’s plans were disrupted after APC pegged the price for presidential forms at N100 million, leaving him to say his ‘supporters’ will raise the money.

     

    Adamu, a strong supporter of the APC, was taken aback by the price of the form calling it “insensitive”.

     

    Taking to his Twitter page, he wrote: “I’ve made my life so transparent that if the young generations of Nigeria follow me on Business and Politics, you’ll find it easy to navigate and build on my successes and avoid my failures without the need for reading a book.

     

    “Follow me. Somebody got to do this for our generation.

     

    “Dear Nigerians,

    “My project with you has started. To those of you who made pledges of donation, here is the account number

    *********** | Zenith.

     

    “100M for the form is insensitive, but our collective contribution to get this form will send a strong signal that we care about Nigeria.”

     

    The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) had on Wednesday, fixed the cost of its interest form at N30 million and the nomination form at N70 million.

     

    A 50 per cent discount was, however, approved for candidates less than 40 years and free tickets for women and persons living with disabilities.

  • APC Changes gear ,fixes March 26 for National Convention

    APC Changes gear ,fixes March 26 for National Convention

    The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has reversed its earlier decision to hold zonal congresses of the party on March 25.

    The Governor Mai Buni-led convention planning committee, had Monday afternoon, written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announcing that the party would not go ahead with the planned national convention of February 26.

    Rather, it said zonal congresses of the party would now hold on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

    The party leadership had held a series of meetings behind close-door since 11am on Monday.

    Announcing the new development to newsmen after the closed-door meeting, National Secretary of the party, John James Akpanudoedehe, said the preparation for the national convention will commence on 24 of March, 2022, while the zonal congresses will hold before the national convention slated for 26 of March, 2022.

    “After deliberation and agreement with the CECPC, we have agreed and approved that the activities of the National Convention will commence from Feb. 24 and terminate on March 26, at Eagle Square with the National Convention.

    “In between the convention, we have agreed to have zonal congresses,” the APC scribe said.

    He also announced the release of timetables and schedule of activities for the party’s zonal congresses across the 6 geopolitical zones of the country, in “pursuant to Article 12.6 of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Constitution.”

    According to the new guidelines, the party would publish zonal committees list on Thursday, February 24, 2022, while a meeting of zonal stakeholders holds on Saturday, February 26, 2022.

    The party will commence the sales of nomination forms for zonal positions from Monday, February 28 to Thursday, March 3, 2022, and conduct screening for zonal aspirants on Saturday, March 5, 2022.

    On Sunday, March 6, 2022, the Screening Appeal will sit and the party will adopt the screening report on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

    The APC scribe added that that the Zonal Congresses would hold across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria on Saturday, March 12, 2022; appeals emanating from the congresses would be entertainment on Monday, March 14, 2022; while Wednesday, March 16, 2022 would be for the adoption of appeal report.

  • Kogi guber: Bello picks APC nomination form, says those accusing him of nonperformance are strangers

    Kogi guber: Bello picks APC nomination form, says those accusing him of nonperformance are strangers

    Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, on Wednesday, became the first aspirant to pick the governorship nomination and expression of interest form to contest the APC governorship primary, saying that those accusing him of non-performance are diaspora Kogites.
    Bello also said his accusers will be shocked when President Muhammadu Buhari come to commission a number of projects in the state within the next few weeks.
    Speaking with journalists shortly after collecting his nomination form at the APC secretariat, Bello said those accusing him of not delivering on his campaign promises are those who never visit the state.
    Bello said his developmental projects are quite visible for the people of the state to see, saying “my developmental footprints can be felt, seen, touched and smelt by all”.
    The governor also dismissed the position of some 20 aspirants of the APC in the state to the effect that the party has been broken into factions, saying the APC under him remained one.
    Gov. Bello said it was criminal for anyone to have gone to court to depose to an affidavit to continue a case that had been withdrawn by the former party chairman.
    “Hadi Ametuo was the leader of his own group, I don’t want to call it a faction because there were never factions in Kogi APC. But his own group felt aggrieved that they were never carried along in the scheme of things. For us, as a party to go into the elections and win overwhelmingly, we have to bring everybody on board.
    “The issue of Kogi state APC being in court has been withdrawn. Anybody that is parading himself to say that there is a case in court, I will rather advise such person not to tow the path of criminality because you cannot depose to an affidavit in the absence of the right person who is supposed to do so. Kogi state is not known for criminality. APC is not known for criminality”.
    He advised those who are aggrieved with him to close ranks and join him to deliver the state to the APC during the governorship elections.
    He said; “When you talk of anybody accusing me of not delivering on our mandate or dividends of democracy to the people of Kogi state, they are probably those who are living outside Kogi state. If they are actually living in Kogi state, if they cannot see it, they will feel it, because if I start to list all that I have achieved in Kogi state, I do not think 24 hours will be enough for me. But I can say it that Kogi state used to be a haven for criminality, kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery and the rest – these things are becoming things of the past. That is number one.
    “Number two, if you talk of infrastructure, it litters everywhere across the three Senatorial Districts and in weeks ahead, Mr. President will be in Kogi state to commission projects and commission projects and commission projects. Again, one other very important achievement is the unity that you see today. The issue of marginalization has become a thing of the past because we are running an all-inclusive government. Any person that is parading that we did nothing, that person is a diaspora person”.
    Former Chairman of the party in the state whose faction went to court to challenge the emergence of the present leadership in the state, Alhaji Hadi Ametuo faulted other aspirants who had kicked against the use of indirect method of primaries, accusing them of impersonation.
    Ametuo said he had personally deposed to an affidavit and instituted a case against the governor’s recognized Alhaji Abdullahi Bello-led Kogi state APC, adding that he has withdrawn the case from court to allow for a landslide victory for the party in the coming elections.
    He said; “I am the immediate past state chairman of APC. I am a bonafide member of APC. I built the party in the state. I distanced myself when I felt that I and my people were not carried along. The former national chairman initiated a lot of reconciliation moves but there was no headway. Gov. Bello took it upon himself to initiate peace moves. We met him when he called us on June 26. I and my team met him and he said he is ready to reconcile with us. The next day we met with the stakeholders of the party and explained our position to them.
    “I was the one that took the party to court and I said what next after reconciliation? So, I withdrew because I cannot destroy my own party. I single-handedly went to the court to file the suit and depose to an affidavit. How can those who did not initiate the case say the case is still in court?”, he said.