Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC and Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu has come in defence of his party’s humongous price of N100m for ir Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the presidential ticket
Okechukwu who reacted through a statement he released Thursday in Abuja, said the new price was in line with the party’s new position that the NWC should fund the 2023 elections
Appealing to those who were outraged over the 100 million presidential election and other nomination fees levied by the APC, the foundation member of the party explained that it was to maintain the axiom of Mr President not to fund the party with public funds and for candidates to mobilise funds as President Buhari did
Okechukwu, also emphasized that the APC has become a brand in Nigeria’s democracy, adding that the price has become justifiable, since any candidate that wins the APC ticket has almost 60 to 70 chances of victory in the 2023 elections
“The new price is in line with the maxim of our president that our great party should fund itself, and stop relying from Governors and other stakeholders, this we believe will make the party stand on its own and resist interference from outside. Those are the thinking of the party in the hike in price
“The new price also shows that the APC has become a brands in he nations democracy, there is no doubt that any aspirant that wins the APC ticket at any level stands the opportunity of winning the 2023 election with almost 60 to 70 chances. So the stake is hign and it has become the race for the big hearted,” Okechukwu argued
