By Adeyemi Adeleye
Lagos, May 12, 2021 The Lagos State Chapter of the Accord Party on Wednesday said it was determined to win more than 10 local government areas in the July 24 counil elections.
The state Chairman of party, Mr Joseph Beckley, told newsmen in Lagos that the party was not working toward winning in all the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas.
Beckley said, “We are not talking about winning the 57 councils but we are determined to win more than 10.”
He said that members of the electorate were ready to vote for the party.
He added that Accord Party was leaving no stone unturned to effectively mobilise the state residents to vote for it.
Lagos LG Poll: Over 1,000 candidates jostle for positions in APC
The commission had fixed N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 as nomination forms fees for the chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and councillorship candidates, respectively.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is set for the screening of 1,385 aspirants jostling for the party’s chairmanship and councillorship seats in the forthcoming council elections.
The State Secretary of the party, Lanre Ogunyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday.
Mr Ogunyemi said 332 chairmanship and 1,053 councillorship aspirants will be screened across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the state.
“With the end of sales and submission of forms by aspirants of the APC Lagos state, the party is set to commence its screening exercise on May 15.
By Sunday Ehigiator
Accord Party (AP), Lagos State, yesterday announced sale of forms to anyone wishing to contest for council chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and councillor positions, under the party’s umbrella.
The chairman of the chapter, Mr. Joseph Beckley disclosed this at the weekend while addressing journalists in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LAISEC) had scheduled the forthcoming council elections for July 24.
In compliance with the directive, Beckley said the party “is fully prepared to field candidates for the forthcoming elections “and there is no going back on our arrangement.”
He added that Accord Party “is one of the foremost political parties in the country that is youth focused and more connected to the grassroots.
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Published 7 May 2021
AHEAD of the Lagos State Local Government Council election, a pro-All Progressives Congress group, Lagos4Lagos Movement, has described the N2m nomination fee imposed on the party’s aspirants as outrageous.
The group argued that there was no justification for increasing the fee from N550,000, which was the cost in 2017 to N2m in 2021.
Speaking with newsmen in Ikeja, on Thursday, the Principal Coordinator of the movement, Mr Olabode Makinde, said the increase did not take into account Nigeria’s current economic realities.
He said, “According to the new guidelines, the nomination form for the position of Local Government Area chairman, now stands at N2m, a sharp increase from the N550,000 as at 2017, plus N50,000 admin fee for a male, while females get 50 percent off, exclusive of the admin fee.
By Vanessa Obioha
The new nomination guidelines for Lagos local government poll aspirants by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is drawing criticisms from different quarters. One of such criticisms is coming from the Lagos4Lagos movement, a group within the party.
At a media briefing Friday, the Principal Coordinator of the group, Bode Makinde, described the increase in nomination form fee as “a deliberate move to disenfranchise the majority of the interested candidates in favour of the incumbents and the ‘anointed’.”
The new guidelines pegged the nomination form fee for the position of LGA Chairman at N2,000,000. Male aspirants are expected to pay an additional N50,000 administration fee, while females get 50 per cent off, exclusive of the administration fee. The new fee is a sharp increase from N550,000, the price of the form in 2017.