I was unable to pick the nomination form for the office of the President, its too expensive : Garba Adamu
- Garba Adamu, who wanted to run for the office of the President under APC has given it a second thought,
Read his tweets below:
- Progress
- 6. We're still conducting a nationwide consultation from all stakeholders. We'll let our supporters know our next line of action in due cause. However, know that the journey to make Nigeria great is an unceasing one. We will continue as soon as we are through with consultations.
- 5. We understand that the party needs to generate fund to carry on with its obligations, but parties generate fund from other sources, like memberships, etc not from the candidate. Such practice will eventually encourage public servant to be corrupt prone, once in office.
- 4. My conscience does not reconcile with the fact that we put such amount in a country that needs consideration for the poor, encouragement for the youth to participate in politics and, a progressive party that will bring about inclusive governance based on capacity, not money.
- 3. In a country where 92% of the population is living below N60,000.00 a month & 87 million people in extreme poverty, 6 people get to extreme poverty level per minute, we consider such amount to be insensitive to the feelings of most Nigerians, currently going through hard times
- 2. We deem it fit to go in solidarity with other young people, who due to over monetization of the political space in Nigeria, we're finding it hard to participate. We take this as a direct plan to sideline majority of Nigerians, particularly the youth in the coming 2019 election
- 1. I consider taking such a step to set a bad precedent for the future of young people contesting positions in political parties, specifically the APC. Many of which currently are disenfranchised, not for lack of competence, character or capability, but on the monetary ground.
- Fellow Nigerians, I write to notify you that I was unable to pick the nomination form for my party, the @OfficialAPCNg. In good conscience, I cannot justify legitimizing such a huge sum of money just to participate in the party primaries for the coming 2019 election. Reasons:
These were his tweets
He added that:
Adamu Garba II Retweeted
I believe picking a nomination fee for the Office of the President at the cost of N45Million with current Nigeria's challenges, in terms of poverty, joblessness etc would be self-serving.
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