The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has exempted all female aspirants from paying for nomination forms in the FCT area councils election.
The party made the announcement in a timetable/schedule of activities released on Saturday by Austin Akobundu, the national organising secretary.
The party said the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for chairmanship and councilorship positions will commence on April 6 and end on April 13 at the party’s national headquarters.
The party fixed the cost of nomination fees for chairmanship aspirants at N400,000 and N100,000 for expression of interest.
For councillorship, aspirants are to pay N75,000 for nomination form and N25,000 for expression of interest.
The PDP fixed N3,000 for ad-hoc forms for three-man ward delegates as well as for national delegates.
The party said April 14 is the last day for submission of completed forms, while all aspirants will be screened from April 16 to April 17.
According to the statement, ward congresses to elect councillorship candidates and three-ad hoc delegates to the LGAs congresses will hold on April 19.
It added that area council congresses to elect chairmanship candidates will hold on April 22.
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