Drama as PDP pegs chairmanship forms for N8.5m, councillorship N1.5m, waives fees for female aspirants

• The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful the FCT has fixed its chairmanship signifier fees astatine N8.5 cardinal and councillorship astatine N1.5 million, but offered to springiness it escaped to pistillate aspirants
• The publicity caput of the PDP successful the FCT, Josephine C. Itoyah, confirmed this successful a connection connected Thursday
• However, APC nationalist chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, has vowed that the enactment volition instrumentality implicit the nation's superior successful the forthcoming FCT polls

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful the FCT has pegged its look of interest/nomination forms for the chairmanship including different administrative charges astatine N8.5 million, portion that of the councillorship goes for N1.5 million.

PDP declares signifier escaped for pistillate aspirants

PDP pegs chairmanship forms for N8.5m for FCT polls. representation of acting president Umar Damagum for illustration purposes. Photo credit: @OfficialPDPNig
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In a melodramatic twist, the PDP said pistillate aspirants successful the polls volition get its chairmanship and councillorship information forms free.

The publicity caput of the PDP successful the FCT, Josephine C. Itoyah, disclosed this during the flag-off of the commencement of income of information /expression involvement forms for some the chairmanship and councillorship elections astatine the party’s secretariat successful Abuja connected Tuesday, April 15.

As reprted by Daily Trust, the ceremonial had successful attendance the party’s auditor successful the FCT, Joshua Yohana, and the secretary, Rabo Lucky Iyah.

She disclosed that the enactment would besides connection the forms to radical with disabilities astatine discounted fees for greater participation.

She said the enactment remained the lone 1 that has survived 26 years of antiauthoritarian governance successful the country.

PDP, APC conflict for dominance up of the FCT polls. Images for illustration purpose. Photo credit: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, @OfficialPDPNig
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APC vows to instrumentality implicit FCT

In what appears to beryllium a sweeping governmental takeover, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is positioning itself to predominate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) up of the 2027 wide elections.

On Thursday during the “Abuja Unity Rally” held astatine the Old Parade Ground, Abuja, wherever the ruling enactment formally welcomed the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, on with his councilors and thousands of supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) crossed each six country councils.

The defectors were received by members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) led by Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, arsenic good arsenic serving and erstwhile ministers, ex-Kogi State politician Yahaya Bello, and different salient enactment leaders from the FCT and North Central region.

Addressing a monolithic assemblage of supporters, the APC national president Ganduje declared that the FCT is excessively strategical to beryllium near nether the power of absorption parties.

As reported by The Nation, helium claimed that implicit 60 percent of FCT residents person present aligned with the ruling party.

“With this caller governmental realignment,” Ganduje said, “the APC is connected way to nutrient the FCT’s lone Senator, its 2 House of Representatives members, and each country assembly chairmen.”

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• 2027 election: Drama arsenic APC's Akpabio snubs party, endorses apical PDP politician

Anambra election: PDP sells governorship forms for N40m

In different related development, Legit.ng reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the magnitude for its Nomination and Expressions of Interest forms for the Anambra Governorship election.

The PDP disclosed that its Nomination signifier volition outgo N35 cardinal portion the Expressions of Interest signifier is N5 million.

The main absorption enactment besides released its timetable for the Saturday, November 8, 2025 governorship election.

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