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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000.

Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those vying for seats in the 2023 elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also pegged its presidential form fee at N40m.

“Those outrageous nomination fees are immoral, insensitive, and illegal,” he said during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

The immorality of it is that we have over 90 million Nigerians that have been classified poor. In a country where the minimum wage is about N30,000 and it is not paid by some states, you can’t say you are collecting N100 million or N40 million to purchase a form,” he explained.

According to him, the move violates the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Nigerian constitution.

Again, section 42 of the Nigerian constitution provides that nobody shall be subjected to any restriction or discrimination on the basis of class, fortune, sex, or whatever,” the constitutional lawyer added.

“If these parties are saying they want to exclude unserious people, that if you cannot mobilise N100 million or N40 million, you cannot attain some positions in your country. That is discriminatory and illegal.

"No restriction can be erected to prevent you from participating in the politics of the country. You are now saying that the politics of the country is for moneybags or fat cats. That is against the spirit and the letters of the constitution.”

Not For The Rich’
Falana’s comment comes on the heels of debates about the prices for nomination forms by the APC.

But the party’s spokesman Felix Morka says the criticisms about the fees are not justified.

According to him, no economy anywhere else in the world is perfect and despite that, “there are people who still live opulent lives ad make legitimate money” in Nigeria.

"Our party is not for the rich,” he stated. “The party came to a decision that the value placed on these forms are justified”.

https://www.channelstv.com/2022/04/29/n100m-nomination-form-fee-with-minimum-wage-at-n30k-is-immoral-falana/

I will comment when it get to front page.

Modified: FTC since I ed NL..

Our leaders are selfish & useless, all of them.

Only this grab it all govt can do this.

Say no to selfishness!

Falana gbo tie. N100 million na d new wazo o

Nijeria is so sweet

I still don't know the reason why we Nigerians always refuse to do the right thing even when events are glaring to us.



May we receive sense to do the right thing always

All these people making noise about political parties' cost of form are ignorant of politics and need to know the outrageous cost of contesting elections in Nigeria.
I actively take part in electioneering and u can't win House of Rep with less than N300m in a competitive contest.
Serious Presidential candidate or party must spend not less than N1b in each state to win election.

Nigeria will be great again. I believe in Osinbajo's Nigeria of 2023

Very true. Besides they must recover their money 200 times once they get there.

It's like monetizing positions of authority. Making it a do or die affair.

It's rape

The party that has been Raping Nigeria

topoftheworld:
I will comment when it get to front page.

oya e don reach front page

better talk better thing, me i no get anything to say

Animals in power

Useless people, useless country.

ArewaNorth:
All these people making noise about political parties' cost of form are ignorant of politics and need to know the outrageous cost of contesting elections in Nigeria.
I actively take part in electioneering and u can't win House of Rep with less than N300m in a competitive contest.
Serious Presidential candidate or party must spend not less than N1b in each state to win election.

Are you for or against the 100m ticket?

Even if you add all the Presdo salary for the 4 years tenure, e no reach 100m.
In Fela's voice; Demonstration of Crase.

It's called democracy

whytediamond:

Are you for or against the 100m ticket?

he's for

This Zoo is so sweet to live in

ArewaNorth:
All these people making noise about political parties' cost of form are ignorant of politics and need to know the outrageous cost of contesting elections in Nigeria.
I actively take part in electioneering and u can't win House of Rep with less than N300m in a competitive contest.
Serious Presidential candidate or party must spend not less than N1b in each state to win election.

the more reason party should reduce the price of their form...

Party of the thieves, for the thieves and by the thieves

ArewaNorth:
All these people making noise about political parties' cost of form are ignorant of politics and need to know the outrageous cost of contesting elections in Nigeria.
I actively take part in electioneering and u can't win House of Rep with less than N300m in a competitive contest.
Serious Presidential candidate or party must spend not less than N1b in each state to win election.

How then can the system develop. 36bn to win office of the presidency, what then follows if not to recuperate?

Spherical77:
he's for

He must be mad then.

Baba face ur front abeg. Ur eye just dey clear for dis zoo abi?

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thunder faya dem
the form na gold
these men are old enough I don't know what they want with power. they should get out

Abi falana think say to contest presidency na class captain??

MedicH:


How then can the system develop. 36bn to win office of the presidency, what then follows if not to recuperate?

I don't think anyone that win presidential election in Nigeria can spend less than N36B even before primary election. Donations, media coverage, meeting with delegates and consultations with different groups & opinion leaders are not cheap. And these will go on steady for about a year before primary election.