raised by the national office of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
began sitting for the purpose of clearing aspirants to be eligible to
run for House of Assembly primaries scheduled for next weekend.
The highlight of the job of the 5-man committee headed by High Chief
Terngu Tsega as chairman was fresh taxation imported into the exercise
on Thursday.
Hopeful aspirants who spent not less than N1.1m to obtain form and
expression of interest were perplexed when new directive enjoined them
to spend more money. According to the state arm of the PDP, all
aspirants willing to go for the screening a prelude for the primaries
must pay N30000 to their respective zonal offices before parting with
another N200.000 at the state level.
The payment did not come down well with the aspirants who expressed
displeasure and almost boycotted the exercise because of the fresh
charges.
When contacted, the new acting publicity secretary of the party Hon
Kizito Onuoha confirmed the payment of N30,000 but was not forthcoming
on the N200,000 even as no reason was explained for the fresh monies.
--Trumpeta
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