Ebonyi LG Polls: APC Sells Chairmanship Form For N25m

Ahead of the planned council polls in Ebonyi State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has pegged chairmanship nomination form for N25 million and that of councillorship for  N5 million.
The chairman of the party in the State, Chief Stanley Emegha, who disclosed this to journalists in Abakaliki, said that expression of interest for chairmanship position is N5million while the actually form is N20million.
He noted that the party has put everything in place to make sure the party comes out victorious during the election, adding that the party has done well to convince the people.
It would be recalled that the Chairman of Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, EBSIEC, Chief Jossy Eze had announced that the local government election in the state would be held on Saturday, 20th July, 2024.
He explained that the election would be held in the 171 political wards of the State and urged political parties to actively participate in the exercise by coming to the commission to pick nomination papers.
He said, “Pursuant to the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,(as amended), the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission Law, 2001, as amended, and the Ebonyi State Electoral and Related Matters Law, No. 001 of 2017 (as amended), and all other powers enabling her in that behalf, the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission do hereby publish and give notice of local government council elections in Ebonyi state, 2024.
“Further take notice that the date of elections ( day of polls) is Saturday, 20th day of July, 2024 throughout Ebonyi State”.