A youth group, Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly, has described ruling All Progressives Congress and its decision to approve the outrageous fees for nomination forms for its elective positions as "cesspool of corruption".
In a press statement signed by leaders of the various zones of the group, including its President-General, Goodluck Ibem, on Monday, it said such decision was intended at promoting corruption, adding that the reasoning behind the high cost of the party’s presidential form was beyond human comprehension.
The group wondered how someone applying for a job with a remuneration of N56 million for four years will be expected to apply for the job with N100m if the president and his party were not planning to steal from the country.
The youths knocked President Buhari, saying in 2014, he criticised the party for fixing the fee at N27.5 million for the presidential forms ahead of the 2015 general elections, but under him, his party was now demanding N100m, and he was keeping quiet.
Analysing the salaries of the president, COSMBYLA explained that, “The annual salary of the president of Nigeria is N14,058,820.00m. In four years, it would be N56,235,280.00m. How will someone apply for a job with N100m, other campaign expenses exclusive just to earn N56,235,280.00m.
According to the group, “President Buhari is an employee of Nigerians and he is answerable to Nigerians who elected him into power in 2015 and 2019. As youth leaders of this country who have the interest of our nation Nigeria at heart, We demand to know how someone whose salary will amount to N56,235,280 in four years will be applying for the same job with a whopping sum of N100m.”
The group noted that if an APC presidential aspirant brought out N100 million to purchase his party’s presidential forms, spend all the monies needed to campaign round the country and settle political party heavy weight, the winner would steal from Nigerians to recoup when sworn-in.
The group criticised President Buhari that, "he has confirmed to Nigerians that all the time he contested for the office of the President, he was not doing so to build Nigeria, but rather contesting so that he can destroy what is left of the country.
“How can one explain that when President Buhari came into office, one dollar was exchanged for N160 and now under his watch the same one dollar is N580. Foreign investors were coming in to invest into our economy but today all of the investors have left because of insecurity.
“President Buhari has failed Nigerians and we cannot pretend about it. Nigerians are tired of this administration, we are waiting for the President’s resignation,” the group said.
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