A member of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has lamented his inability to purchase the party’s
presidential nomination forms ahead of the 2019 election.
Garba lamented that most of the
youths aspiring for political offices have been disenfranchised due to the high
amount of nomination forms.
In a series of tweets, he wrote:
“Fellow Nigerians, I consider taking such a step to set a bad precedent for the
future of young people contesting positions in political parties, specifically
the APC.
‘’ Many of which currently are
disenfranchised, not for lack of competence, character or capability, but on
the monetary ground.
‘’We deem it fit to go in
solidarity with other young people, who due to over monetization of the
political space in Nigeria, we’re finding it hard to participate. We take this
as a direct plan to side-line majority of Nigerians, particularly the youth in
the coming 2019 election.
‘’In a country where 92% of the
population is living below N60,000.00 a month & 87 million people in
extreme poverty, 6 people get to extreme poverty level per minute, we consider
such amount to be insensitive to the feelings of most Nigerians, currently
going through hard times.
‘’My conscience does not
reconcile with the fact that we put such amount in a country that needs
consideration for the poor, encouragement for the youth to participate in
politics and, a progressive party that will bring about inclusive governance
based on capacity, not money.
‘’We understand that the party
needs to generate fund to carry on with its obligations, but parties generate
fund from other sources, like memberships, etc not from the candidate. Such
practice will eventually encourage public servant to be corrupt prone, once in
office.
‘’We’re still conducting a
nationwide consultation from all stakeholders. We’ll let our supporters know
our next line of action in due cause. However, know that the journey to make
Nigeria great is an unceasing one. We will continue as soon as we are through
with consultations.
‘’Thank you so very much for your
continued support as we keep marching Forward for Progress.”
Garba, however, said that even
the president could not purchase the form. A group of people whose sources of
income wasn’t scrutinized bought the form for him or is it all a charade as
exposed by Senator Shehu Sanni.
‘’This government signed Not Too
Young to Run bill but what we were not told is that “The Youth will be too Poor
to afford just the nomination form.”
‘’The ruling party should as a
matter of urgency review downward the cost of its nomination forms,” he added.
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