Ahead of the 2023 General Election, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has said that about 347 aspirants seeking tickets for various positions have so far come to the party headquarters in Abuja to pick nomination forms.
The National Organizing Secretary of APGA, Mr. Ifeanyi Mbaeri, said on Sunday in Abuja that aspirants ranging from presidential hopefuls, governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly positions have been coming to the party headquarters since last week with their supporters to pick nomination forms.
While giving details of the sale of sale of party forms, Mbaeri said that so far one person has picked form for presidency, seven for governorship, 42 for Senate, 74 for House of Representatives and 218 for state House of Assembly.
Speaking on the development, one of the aspirants seeking ticket to represent Idemili North constituency in the state house of assembly, Mike Chukwuma said he intends to sponsor bill on job creation and to compel government to create a minimal systematic 15,000 jobs for the people annually.
“I am on this race to sponsor bills to strengthen our agricultural system for grants or loans, let ‘EFI Igbo’ drive the cow market in Igbo land again. I am on this race to sponsor bills for a chained government/individual partnership (PPP) investment program.
“If my people of Idemili North at our party level makes me their candidate and my people of Idemili North hires me for the next four years, I will change the narrative. Transparency and accountability will be my watch word,” Chukwuma said.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the party said it has approved the extension of the period of sale and submission of nomination forms.
Mbaeri said, “The sale and return of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms has been extended from Monday April 11 to Friday April 15, 2022. This is to afford aspirants more time to purchase, carefully complete and return their forms and accompanying documents at the APGA national secretariat complex in Abuja.”
