APC’s N100m Nomination Form: Ayu Reminds Buhari He Could Not Afford N27m in 2014

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has reminded President Muhammadu Buhari that he could not afford the N27m nomination form for his party in 2014.
He said the N100m fixed for the presidential form of his party shows how the president and his party men have lost touch with reality.
It was Ayu’s response to the amounts being placed on nomination forms by the APC.
He said any person who spends such funds should be investigated for fraud.
Ayu, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Communication and Strategy, Simon Imobo-Tswam, titled ‘Overpriced APC nomination forms: Dr. Iyorchia Ayu’s reaction’, said the APC has disenfranchised thousands of Nigerian youths.
Accusing the party of dashing the hopes of millions of Nigerian youths who expressed love after the President’s signing of the “Not Too Young To Run” Bill into law in 2018, Ayu added, “The APC has disenfranchised thousands of her youths, and dashed the hopes of millions of Nigerian youths who applauded President Buhari when he signed the Not Too Young To Run Bill into law in 2018.
“In fact, all those buying the N100m and N50m nomination forms should be investigated for fraud.”
He added, “But in 2014, the PDP was in power and the economy was still booming. The APC presidency has now run the economy aground, making Nigeria the ‘Poverty Capital of the World.’
“How then can impoverished APC aspirants buy nominations at such prohibitively high costs? And yet, only recently he preached ‘Equal Opportunity’ to them.
“By this latest action, the APC has disenfranchised thousands of her youths, and dashed the hopes of millions of Nigerian youths who applauded President Buhari when he signed the Not Too Young To Run Bill into law in 2018. It is most insensitive, and mind-boggling.
“In fact, all those buying the N100m and N50m nomination forms should be investigated for fraud.”