The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has completed all payments for KWASIEC nomination forms for all its chairmanship and councilorship candidates across the state.
In a statement signed by the Party’s State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, on Thursday in Ilorin, the party declared that, in a bid to meet all procedures outlined by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) and demonstrate the party’s readiness for the upcoming local government elections, the PDP in Kwara has completed payment of approximately twenty-five million naira for the nomination forms for all sixteen (16) LGA chairmanship candidates and all one hundred and ninety-three (193) councilorship candidates fielded under the party for the council polls.
According to the party, the payment of twenty-four million, nine hundred thousand naira (N24,900,000) was made to the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) and receipts of payments have been issued to the party’s leadership. They have now proceeded to the KWASIEC office to obtain forms on behalf of all its candidates.
Earlier, KWASIEC had announced the sale of its nomination forms, with N350,000 for chairmanship positions while councilorship positions were pegged at N100,000, contrary to the prior agreement where a maximum of N200,000 was set for chairmanship and N50,000 for councilorship positions.
The party stated that aside from this payment for nomination forms, each of the chairmanship candidates is also mandated to pay another N350,000 for tax clearance while councilorship candidates are paying N168,000 each.
The PDP noted that, although, by the judgment of Honorable Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, KWASIEC has acted outside the law in imposing fees on its nomination forms, the party remains committed to the forthcoming local government elections in its bid to rescue the people of Kwara from the current hardship and misgovernance.
“In our effort to rescue the people of Kwara from the hardship and misgovernance imposed by the Abdulrahman-led government, we have chosen to endure and comply with their rules to ensure we do not disappoint the people of Kwara, who have long yearned for this election,” the statement concluded.
