By our reporter| The ruling All Congress party (APC) is yet to take a decision on zoning, as well as the mode of primaries to be used in the 2023 Presidential primaries, Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary of the party has said.
Morka, who made the disclosure on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, following reports that the party may have decided on the indirect mode of primaries, explained that the matter was not decided at the Party’s NEC meeting on Wednesday.
“That was not decided today”, he said when asked to make the clarification. On the issue of zoning, he said: No. That also was not in conversation today. But in the coming days, I’m sure the party will make a decision, now that the NWC has the authority to decide on those questions”.
“There was no explicit discussion about the mode of primary but the timetable seems to suggest it is indirect primaries,” Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State had said after the meeting.
Morka announced earlier in the day that those willing to participate in the presidential primary of the party are to pay N100 million for the nomination and expression of interest forms.
Similarly, the nomination and expression of interest forms for those seeking the party’s ticket to contest the governorship election in their respective states cost N50 million.
When asked what informed the prices, considering the economic challenge of the country, the party spokesperson said it was a decision that was agreed upon within the party.
According to him, no economy anywhere else in the world is perfect and despite that, “there are people who still live opulent lives ad make legitimate money” in Nigeria.
“Our party is not for the rich,” he stated further. “The party came to a decision that the value placed on these forms are justified”.
With Channels Television report
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