The development fee will be accompanied with a ‘letter of notification’ from the aspirants aiming to participate in the opposition party’s primary election due for September 2016.
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Monday levied the sum of N2m as a ‘party developmental fee’ on aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket in its forthcoming primary election.
The development fee will be accompanied with a ‘letter of notification’ from the aspirants aiming to participate in the opposition party’s primary election due for September 2016.
Female aspirants will pay the sum of N1m as the part of their own developmental fee in their contribution to the party, Ondo State APC Chairman Isaacs Kekemeke said.
He disclosed during a meeting held with some aspirants that the party would not recognize anyone that failed or refused to submit the letter of notification.
Mr. Kekemeke added that all the aspirants would also sign a letter of commitment that would make them accept the result of the primary election.
He explained that the letter would be a written undertaking that shows the aspirants would abide by the result of the party’s primary poll and work for its victory.
“No person will be recognized by the party in the State as an aspirant for the APC primary ticket for the November 26, 2016 election without the submission of the letter of notification to the party secretariat,” he told reporters.
Mr. Kekemeke, who later issued the party’s guideline for all the aspirants, warned them against violence and verbal attacks in preparation for the November governorship election.
The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, told SaharaReporters in a telephone conversation that some aspirants that attended the meeting have shown interest in the fund and have promised to work with the party’s leadership.
Some of the aspirants who spoke expressed positive views ahead of the party’s primary and main governorship election.
