Presidency: Falana lampoons APC over N100m nomination form, says it’s illegal, immoral

Activist lawyer, Femi Falana says there’s no rationale for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to peg its Presidential nomination form at N100 million.

Speaking on Channels Television, Falana lamented that politics is now for money bags.

Falana said it’s immoral and illegal for the APC to peg its Presidential nomination form at N100 million when Nigerians are collecting N30, 000 monthly as minimum wage.

The human rights lawyer also berated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for pegging its Presidential nomination form at N40 million.

According to Falana, such outrageous fees were against constitutional provisions.

He said: “Those outrageous nomination fees are immoral, insensitive, and illegal.

“If these parties are saying they want to exclude unserious people, that if you cannot mobilise N100 million or N40 million, you cannot attain some positions in your country, that is discriminatory and illegal.

“You are now saying that the politics of the country is for moneybags or fat cats.

“The immorality of it is that we have over 90 million Nigerians that have been classified poor. In a country where the minimum wage is about N30,000 and it is not paid by some States, you can’t say you are collecting N100 million or N40 million to purchase a form.”