The New Nigerian Folks’s Get together (NNPP) says it is not going to participate within the forthcoming native authorities elections in Katsina State, scheduled for February 15.
The state secretary of the celebration, Tijjani Zakari-Kafinsoli, confirmed this in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria in Katsina on Tuesday.
In response to him, the quantity set for buying nomination varieties by the state’s Unbiased Electoral Fee, KTSIEC, was too excessive, making it unaffordable for the celebration.
He defined, “The KTSIEC has fastened ₦3 million for Chairmanship candidates and ₦1 million for Councillorship candidates.
“We’ve 34 Native Authorities Areas (LGAs) and 361 wards within the state, that means the entire price for varieties could be about ₦463 million.
“As a celebration for the lots, we can not afford such an quantity. We wrote to KTSIEC in April 2024 to complain, however we now have not obtained a response.”
He added that the Social Democratic Get together, SDP, within the state had taken the electoral physique to court docket over the identical challenge.
Recall that on Aug. 31, 2024, NNPP had expressed confidence in profitable Chairmanship and Councillorship positions within the native authorities elections.
Addressing journalists in Katsina on Tuesday, KTSIEC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Faskari, mentioned solely 5 political events would take part within the election.
These embrace Accord Get together, Sales space Get together, African Motion Congress, AAC, African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Folks’s Democratic Get together, PDP, and 11 different registered events may even not be participating within the election.
In response to Faskari, all preparations have been finalised to make sure the peaceable conduct of the train.
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