By Matthew Ajai-Kume
The national ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is to commence the rescheduled sales of Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
A statement made available to newsmen on Sunday by the party’s Media Officer, Yusuf Ali said: “The rescheduled sales of expression of interest and nomination forms of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections will now begin nationwide on Tuesday.
“The exercise which was scheduled to have begun yesterday (Saturday) was postponed due to some logistics and administrative challenges. The new date was arrived at on Friday night in Abuja by the party.”
The statement further stated that “the 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 statement, the sales of forms for other positions from the House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidency will be carried out at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.
“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 nomination 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 Muhammadu Buhari House necessitated the change in venue of sales,” the statement read.
The party’s Media Office added that, Senator Abdullahi Adamu led National Working Committee (NWC) is committed to concluding all arrangements for the conduct of primaries as scheduled by INEC and putting the governing APC in good stead ahead of the 2023 general elections.
It could be recalled that the party has stipulated the prices of the forms as follows: President – N100 million, Governorship – N50 million, Senate – N20 million, House of Representatives – N10 million and House of Assembly – N2 million.