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About 50 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State are to pay N2 million each as party development levy as part of requirements for contesting for the party’s ticket ahead of governorship election in November.
The state APC chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, who announced this in Akure on Monday, said the condition had been agreed by the aspirants and members of the state executive committee.
Party sources however told PREMIUM TIMES that the APC was using the new levy to reduce the large number of aspirants which currently stands at about 50.
“There are so many of the aspirants who are trying to use their aspirations to negotiate and not really because they have any serious ambition towards the governorship race,” a source within the party said.
“The party leadership believes that not all of them can pay the amount and has declared that any aspirant who cannot pay the sum will no longer be recognised as an aspirant.
“The N2 million levy is aside from the amount that would be paid by the aspirants as fees for nomination forms to actually contest the primaries,” the source said.
Mr. Kekemeke announced other rules for the primary campaign, and said the regulations stood pending the issuance of guidelines by the National Executive Committee of the party.
“Each intending aspirant shall signify his/her intention to the party with a letter of notification addressed to the state chairman and accompanied with a bank draft of N2million written in favour of All Progressives a Congress, Ondo State, as party development levy in compliance with the duly passed budget 2016 of the party,” Mr. Kekemeke stated.
“However, female aspirants shall only accompany their letter of notification with a bank draft of N1million only.”
He said aspirants will also attach written undertaking that they will abide by the outcome of the primary and to work for the victory of the party in the coming governorship election.
Mr. Kekemeke rejected the notion that the large number of aspirants would spell doom for the party at the primaries.
He said there would be no zoning and no deliberate pruning down of the aspirants, as only delegates would reduce the number through their votes at the primaries.
The guidelines also enjoin aspirants to ensure peace and unity of the party, eschewing thuggery and violence during the campaigns.
It states that aspirants would be held responsible for violent actions of their supporters during the campaigns.
“During the campaigns, it is unacceptable to the party for aspirants, while soliciting support, to be in possession of firearms and ammunitions or any other dangerous weapons,” the rules stated.
“Thuggery and any form of violence by aspirants’ supporters are not allowed in the course of campaigns and as such aspirants shall be held responsible for the misconduct, unruly acts and any form of untoward activities of their supporters during campaigns.”
One of the aspirants, Robert Boroffice, while speaking on behalf of the aspirants, said the rules and guidelines would guide the conduct of the aspirants.
He said all the aspirants had agreed to work for the party and to ensure that the party emerged victorious at the governorship election proper.

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For Christmas children abi?

Thats 100million, I wish this parties can just be wise enough to invest this monies, imagine dem constructing a skul, a farm, a pure water n bottled water factory, at least they will employ their party youths, have money for instead infrastructure, thereby easing the boarding on their elected members of providing stomach infrastructure n they can focus on development.

Yes ! Yes !! Yes!!!



I support this move by the party to raise the fund from within instead of causing another Dasuki ATM .


Political parties should look inward for fund.

After paying this levy and other settlements you expect the governor not steal public funds. I've been saying it times without number that the nigerian political is the bedrock of corruption.

Good measures to flush out unserious and clueless aspirants.

Crap!!!

#100 Million to be realised in just Ondo state. Beautiful!

Tunami:
After paying this levy and other settlements you expect the governor not steal public funds. I've been saying it times without number that the nigerian political is the bedrock of corruption.

it will rather reduce corruption because instead of the eventual candidate being solely responsible for electioneering expenses the party will be rich enough to foot the bill.


None of the aspirants should have any problem paying that money unless they are never serious for that post



kudos to the party.

goonsmi:
it will rather reduce corruption because instead of the eventual candidate being solely responsible for electioneering expenses the party will be rich enough to foot the bill.


None of the aspirants should have any problem paying that money unless they are never serious for that post



kudos to the party.

are u from nigeria or somalia?

Tunami:
are u from nigeria or somalia?

I'm not responsible for your inability to think positive and outside the box.

goonsmi:
I'm not responsible for your inability to think positive and outside the box.

i knw ur type, keep on deceiving yourself.

After spending this huge money they will still lose.

As usual, one of them will claim he obtained a bank loan. He will tell his gullible party members that he has just 150 cows , sorry 150 tubbers of yam( ondo people are farmers not herdsmen). Then after wining, facts of his Asokoro mini estate will emerge. His children will suddenly graduate from the most expensive school in UK. His wife will wear 10million naira wristwatch, I repeat wristwatch, to his inauguration.

Ondo people are wise. Nobody will fall for your lies this time

STONEGEORGE15:
As usual, one of them will claim he obtained a bank loan. He will tell his gullible party members that he has just 150 cows , sorry 150 tubbers of yam( ondo people are farmers not herdsmen). Then after wining, facts of his Asokoro mini estate will emerge. His children will suddenly graduate from the most expensive school in UK. His wife will wear 10million naira wristwatch, I repeat wristwatch, to his inauguration.

Ondo people are wise. Nobody will fall for your lies this time

...Bros,forget all this crap....APC is taking over ondo state come Nov.26#I swear it is going to be 18-0 this time around in favour of Apc.,Don't think I'm typing outside ondo state,I reside In Owo a prominent Lga in ondo north....even mimiko knows the election has alreay been lose by Pdp.#AKETI all the way.

Babatundecash:
...Bros,forget all this crap....APC is taking over ondo state come Nov.26#I swear it is going to be 18-0 this time around in favour of Apc.,Don't think I'm typing outside ondo state,I reside In Owo a prominent Lga in ondo north....even mimiko knows the election has alreay been lose by Pdp.#AKETI all the way.

Keep deluding yourself. So the election will only hold in Owo, abi? Alakisa yi njo loru ni, bo pe ile amo lola.

Mintek:
Keep deluding yourself. So the election will only hold in Owo, abi? Alakisa yi njo loru ni, bo pe ile amo lola.

...I am very sure is either you're in the North or outside Nigeria typing all this crap concerning ondo state....mimiko is owing ondo workers 6-7 month salarys,mimiko refuse to pay them kobo right from january till this present moment..all tertiary institution own by the state govt. Are presently on strike starting from Aaua,rugipo to osutech what an heinous display of mimiko leadership#I'M saying it and I'm still repeating it that it is 18-0 in favour of Apc this time around.....even some of my course mate are stil repeating the same thing in favour of Apc....u just tell me a candidate in pdp that can match Aketi,Boroffice,olusola oke,DR.Abraham,Alasoadura popularity in the state,bros forget am pdp is totaly dead here in Ondo state,what u saw during the presidential election and NASS election is just a tip of the ice berge....I'VE gone round 10 L.G.A in the state and I can authoritatively tell u that pdp is dead.

apc


a party filled with rogues and career propagandist.

A satanist movement and a colaboration of old useless thieves parading as elders and statemen.

All i can see is corruption in disguise