PDP pegs Kogi, Bayelsa guber elections forms at N21m, higher than 2019 presidential forms

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set a monetary benchmark for the purchase of governorship elections forms for the forthcoming polls holding in Kogi and Bayelsa states.

Rising from its 86th Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, the opposition party pegged the nomination at N20 million and the expression of interest  form at N1 million.

According to the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who was asked why the party decided to increase the price of the form, he said the cost of conducting primary election was very high.

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Ologbondiyan also pledged that the party would conduct a free, fair and credible primary in Bayelsa and Kogi states to produce credible candidates in the coming months.

“The return of expression of interest/nomination forms would commence on Monday, June 24 and close on Wednesday, July 24 at the party’s national Secretariat in Abuja, he added.

Recall that the party had sold its presidential nomination and expression of interest form for the 2019 presidential election at N2 million and N10 million respectively making a total of N12 million, while that of governorship was sold for N1 million and N5 million, making a total of N6 million.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship  elections for November 16th.

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