Few days to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential convention, the National Youth Leader of the party, Dayo Israel, has invited all the party’s presidential aspirants to a town hall meeting to discuss their plans for the youths if elected.
In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja titled “What do you have for us? – APC Youth Presidential Town Hall”, the National Youth Leader said the event which will hold in Abuja on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th May 2022, seeks to provide a platform for all the presidential aspirants to share their agenda with the young members of the party.
The APC youth leader said the time has come for the Youth Wing wing to mainstream and prioritize the interest of the progressives youth and by extension the Nigerian youth.
Meanwhile, the ruling party has explained why it sold its nomination and expression of interest forms for the president and other elective positions to everyone who came purchasing.
During an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday evening, the APC spokesman, Barr. Felix Morka was asked why the party went as far as allowing groups and individuals to buy forms for some aspirants.
He was asked why this was so as some of the aspirants rejected the forms and denounced the buyers, while insisting they have no interests in running for the nation’s topmost political office.
It will be recalled that APC raked in about N2.8 billion from the sale of 28 presidential nomination and expression of interest forms alone; while 25 of those forms were filled and submitted, three were not submitted.
One of the unsubmitted forms was that which was reportedly purchased for the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele by the Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria.
Asked why the party decided to allow that, Morka said, “If I believe very strongly in you that you’ll make a good President…you know, I’ll purchase. As at the time of purchase, there are no filters.
“You come, indicate the office you want to purchase a form for, make the payment, payment is confirmed and the form is given to you.
“It’s at the point of submission that the actual verification begins, where we begin to check all of the requirements, whether you actually met those requirements or not and all of the things the guideline set out as eligibility to run.
“It is at the point of submission actually that we begin to do the checklist of those things that should be there, but otherwise, at the point of purchase, we sell the form
