Convention: APC begins sale of forms.



By Aviashima Toom, Abuja

Less than 10 days to the National convention, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has commenced sale of forms to aspirants contesting for various offices in its National Working Committee (NWC).

Spokesman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Barr. Ismaeel Ahmed disclosed this on Tuesday at a news conference in Abuja.

Fees for various positions were also rolled out by interim leadership of the party

According to Bar. Ahmed the ruling party pegged the cost of form for its chairmanship seat at N20 million while aspirants vying for deputy chairmanship seats are expected to obtain their form with N10 million each.

As it is in the document signed by the party’s Director of Organisation, Al-Mustapha Medaner, the aspirants have between March 14 and 18 to obtain the forms.

With the recent approval of zoning the APC chairmanship seat to the North-central, only five out of the 13 known aspirants may end up testing their popularity at the convention.

The five aspirants include a serving Senator and two term Governor of Nasarawa, Tanko Al-Makura; Minister of Inter-governmental Affairs Sen.George Akume, Sani Musa, Saliu Mustapha and Abdullahi Adamu, another former governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator.

Meanwhile, Saliu Mustapha has been reported to be the first aspirant to pick the Chairmanship form.

 

  

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