Members of the Not- too-Young-to-Run
movement in Gombe State have raised the alarm that some state governors
were working to frustrate the leadership ambition of the youths by
hijacking the sale of nomination forms.....
They alleged that state governors were
working to edge out the youths from vying for elected public offices by
making the expression of interest and nomination forms exorbitant and
out of their reach.
The National Leader of the movement, Hamza Lawal, said this in Gombe at a press conference organized by the movement.
Lawal decried the high cost of the
expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2019 general
elections being sold by political parties in the country.
The high costs of the forms, according to him, will make youths and qualified politicians to shelve their ambitions.
He said the whole idea of paying an
exorbitant rate for nomination form smacked of a grand conspiracy to
keep the system only for the moneybags and shut out those with less
financial muscle.
He said, “The movement notes, with
concern, the announcement on the cost of nomination forms by various
parties which presents a major impediment to youth participation in
politics.”
He recommended that the cost for
nomination forms by various parties should not exceed N2m for the
presidential aspirant, N1m for governorship aspirant, N600,000 for
senatorial aspirants, N400,000 for House of Representatives and
N200,0000 for state House of Assembly.
He, however, lauded the leadership of
some political parties that had reserved tickets for young men and women
with character, capacity and competence.
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