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The cost of the Labour Party’s nomination and expression of interest forms for governorship aspirants interested in contesting the off-season elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states has been fixed at N15 million naira, the party stated on Tuesday.
The National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, announced this while addressing newsmen shortly after the political roundtable at Denis Hotel, the venue of the closed-door meeting between the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the LP senators and House of Representatives members-elect in Abuja.
Abure said the cost of the forms, which was formally pegged at N25 million was reviewed downwards to N15 million to allow for more participation.
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Reacting to the development, Obi wrote on his verified Facebook page: “I thank the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure, and the NWC for heeding to my appeal, and reviewing the nomination fee for the governorship form downwards to N15m.
“I applaud them for also agreeing to refund the cost of the form to the family of a deceased aspirant Chief Humphrey Anumudu from Imo State, and also agreeing to refund N10m to each of those that had paid.
“These gestures, reflect the Labour Party’s responsiveness to the yearnings of Nigerians.”
