Labour Party Slashes Guber Nomination Fee By N1om

The cost of nomination and expression of interest forms for the Labour Party’s candidates for governor in the states of Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo has been set at N15 million naira, the party declared on Tuesday,28 March ,2023

In order to encourage more involvement, the forms’ original N25 million price tag was reduced to N15 million.

This information was made public by the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure, in a press conference shortly after the political roundtable at the Denis Hotel in Abuja, where Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, met with senators and members-to-be of the House of Representatives.

The PUNCH reports that stern-looking security personnel were stationed as mounted guards at each venue entry and were seen frisking attendees and visitors as they arrived for the event

As spectators and locals watched as the politicians entered the venue with their orderlies, the heavy flow of both human and vehicle traffic created a small commotion.

However, when Obi arrived at the gathering, the atmosphere was tense with many party members yelling “Peter Obi” and “Ellu P.”

The parley, which was convened to finalize plans before lawmakers for the 10th National Assembly were sworn in, did not start at noon as originally planned.

Obi and the party’s National Working Committee, according to Abure, were pleased with the caliber, openness to tackling problems, and composition of the new lawmakers-elect.

He said, “Today, we had a very robust engagement with our senators and House of Representatives members-elect. We agreed that we must always remember the magnanimity of the people who freely gave us their mandate.

“Our members in the National Assembly will make the difference in their conduct, utterance and the quality of legislation.”

Continuing, Abure also announced a slash in the cost of nomination and expression of interest forms for the LP governorship aspirants interested in contesting the off-season elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo.

He said, “After considering the complaints and the intervention of our presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, we have reviewed downward our governorship nomination fees, for Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo, we have reduced our nomination fees from N25 million to N15 million for the governorship.

“We have also resolved to return the N25 million nomination fees paid by one of our aspirants in Imo State, Humphrey Anumudu who lost his life last week.”