The National Leader of the “Not Too Young to Run” Movement, HAMZAT LAWAL has condemned the high cost of nomination and expression of interest forms by political parties.
HAMZAT who was speaking on a television programme said the high cost will make youths and qualified politicians shelve their ambitions.
He said the group will continue to press for a reduction in the price of the forms to enable more young people engage in the political process.
There is a relative calm in the camp of the Lagos state Governor AKINWUNMI AMBODE as a group loyal to the national leader of APC, BOLA TINUBU and all 57 council Chairmen in the state have endorsed former commissioner for Establishment, JIDE SANWOOLU as governorship candidate of the party.
The endorsement came barely forty eight four hours after Governor AMBODE picked his expression of interest and nomination forms at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.
On his return to Lagos after collecting the forms, AMBODE was received by crowd of supporters at the state house, Alausa where he officially declared his intention to run for second term in office.
However at a forum of the leadership of the party, former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, KAOLI OLUSANYA said they are throwing their weight behind the choice of their leader, BOLA TINUBU.
Former state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, KADRI HAMZAT have also picked the APC expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the party’s Gubernatorial ticket.
Unconfirmed report says FEMI OTEDOLA, one of Nigeria’s billionaires, has been offered the governorship ticket to contest on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state.
This was revealed by Celebrity journalist, DELE MOMODU, who informed also, that the son of the former Lagos governor has accepted the offer.
MOMODU tweeted: “Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He has accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper…”
However, a member of the Lagos PDP who spoke to us under the condition of anonymity said the party see the report as a rumor but will be willing to offer OTEDOLA the ticket.
A former governor of Jigawa State, SULE LAMIDO, has responded to a statement in which former vice president, ATIKU ABUBAKAR said he would step down for him in the presidential race.
Both men are running for the ticket of opposition Peoples Democratic Party alongside about ten other aspirants.
At a meeting with PDP leaders in Dutse, Jigawa State on Monday, ATIKU ABUBAKAR said he believed LAMIDO would step down for him as his elder brother.
He said he believed LAMIDO would concede the ticket to him because the former governor is his younger brother and shares the same political ideology with him.
Responding to ABUBAKAR’s comment through a statement by his media aide, LAMIDO said he would not step down.
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