The Kano State Chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, on Tuesday, gave the end of August as the deadline to resign appointments by all contestants for the chairmen and councillors positions in the 44 local governments in the forthcoming local government elections in the state.
This is just as the party has said the charges pegged for chairmanship and councillorship seats were appropriate, saying persons contesting for those local government positions ought to be financially bouyant.
The chairman of the party, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, who mentioned this while addressing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday, disclosed that the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission had scheduled November 30 for the conduct of chairmanship and councillorship elections in the 44 local governments in the state.
According to Dungurawa, the directive became necessary to enable them to adequately prepare for the poll.
Hee disclosed that the fee for the party’s nomination forms for the cjairmanship aspirants is N500,000, while N100,000 is the fee for expression of interest.
He added that those for councillorship positions would pay N150,000 for nomination forms and N50,000 as an expression of interest fee.
He said the party fixed the “moderate fees” in consideration of the current economic hardships in the country.
While endorsing the electoral commission’s fees pegged at N10 million for chairmanship and N5 million for councillorship, he described the charges as appropriate.
“Persons contesting for those local government positions should be financially bouyant toward, demonstrating the ability to manage financial resources effectively,” he said.
On women’s participation in the forthcoming poll, Dungurawa said the party was encouraging its female members to partake in the elections.