IT expert, Adamu Garba, one of the youngest presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress has condemned the high cost of the party forms.
Garba who made the condemnation during an interview recently added that the outrageous cost of the party’s forms will not deter him from contesting for the highest political office in the country.
“I think it (cost of forms) is too expensive. We are trying to monetise access to public offices and you know, public offices are supposed to deliver public goods. What you do in public offices is to filter candidates based on their competencies and capacities to deliver on the issues that we face today as a nation.
“As opposed to putting only money as a means to filter candidates, we are supposed to have an arrangement where these candidates are willing to present a proposal that is convincing to the Nigerian public and to Nigerians based on our issues before allowing them to go into the contest.”
Garba said in a country like Nigeria, where the minimum wage was N30,000, a worker would have to work for 278 years in order to save enough to buy the N100m forms.
On whether he would step down, Garba said many of his friends had begun reaching out to him to offer their support.
The IT expert added that crowdfunding might also be explored.
“So, we are going to release the campaign account details where everybody is expected to bring his own share,” Garba stated.
