There are concerns over the inability of governorship aspirants in the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State to procure the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) expression of interest and nomination forms for the election.
The party had placed a N40 million tag on the forms.
According to PDP, March 7 is the last day for submission of completed nomination form while screening of aspirants is on March 11.
PDP fixed April 5 for its governorship primary for the election of its candidate.
However, a day before the end of the sale of forms, reports indicated that no aspirant had been able to purchase the forms.
It was gathered that the cost of the forms and the crisis in the party were making aspirants withdraw.
Other political parties such as the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have become choice parties for governorship candidates in the state.
Meanwhile, the APC has endorsed the indirect primary mode to select the candidate of the party.
APC’s National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru, made this known at the end of the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the party held at its national headquarters, yesterday, in Abuja.
The APC scribe, who disclosed that the decision was in tandem with the position of the Anambra State chapter of the party, disclosed that the Abdullahi Ganduje-led NWC would meet with aspirants and stakeholders of the party on Tuesday next week to fine-tune modalities for the conduct of the primary.
Bashiru also faulted the notion held in certain quarters that the party has endorsed one, out of the seven aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket.
