Politics
PDP nomination forms free for female candidates
-The Peoples Democratic Party makes the nomination form free for females in Delta State as a way to encourage women in the state.
In an effort to encourage the women in Delta State to participate actively in politics, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of the State chapter has made nomination forms free for female politicians who would be contesting in the forthcoming 2018 Local Government elections in the state.
Naija News gathered that the nomination forms for male aspirants for the chairmanship position goes for N1m and N200,000 for councillorship aspirants.
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The Chairman of PDP in the state, Kingsley Esiso, according to Punch, who disclosed this while speaking at a press conference in Asaba on Saturday, said the party directed its local government chapters to reserve at least three slots of councillorship candidates for female aspirants across the state.
Esiso added that money for the nomination forms were non-refundable.
He stated that the party decided to offer nomination forms free to female aspirants to encourage them to seek elective positions at the local government level according to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s way of encouraging women.
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Esiso stated that the party’s candidates for the January 6, 2018 council election would emerge this month, adding there would be no imposition of candidates though the party’s internal arrangements would reduce the number of aspirants through consensus or mock primaries at the ward and local government levels.
“We have asked our leaders to harmonise in their various wards. But that does not stop anybody who is not satisfied with the outcome of such arrangement from obtaining nomination forms to contest the party’s primaries,” he said.
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