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Published 11 May 2021
THE All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, have so far generated a combined total of N423.5 million from the sale of nomination forms for the November 6, 2021, Anambra State Governorship election.
Of this amount, 16 PDP aspirants made up of 13 males and three females accounted for a total of N356m while the only three aspirants who have paid and obtained APC forms account for N67.5m.
Figures calculated by our correspondent, in Abuja, on Monday, were arrived at after putting together amounts paid by aspirants in each of the two political parties.
The opposition PDP pegged its expression of interest form at N1m, compliance form N5m and nomination form, N20m bringing the total amount paid by each of its 13 male aspirants at N26m.
By Chuks Okocha
Fourteen governorship aspirants have so far paid and obtained the expression of interest and nomination forms for the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra State governorship election.
The aspirants include the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in 2017, Mr. Tony Nwoye who defected to the PDP and has now joined the governorship race for the November 6 election.
The main opposition party has however extended the sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms from the earlier stated date of Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (yesterday) to Wednesday, April 7, 2021.
Nwoye told THISDAY yesterday that he paid N26 million for the compliance, expression of interest and nomination form for the governorship election.