{"id":72181,"date":"2025-08-05T23:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72181"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:14:29","slug":"apc-pegs-nomination-forms-at-%e2%82%a640m-grants-discounts-for-youth-women-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/05\/apc-pegs-nomination-forms-at-%e2%82%a640m-grants-discounts-for-youth-women-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Pegs Nomination Forms at \u20a640M, Grants Discounts for Youth, Women,\u00a0 Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the cost of its governorship nomination forms at \u20a640 million, comprising \u20a610 million for the Expression of Interest form and \u20a630 million for the Nomination form.<\/p>\n<p>According to the party\u2019s 2025 national timetable, the APC also introduced measures to encourage inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p>Aspirants aged 25 to 40 will receive a 50% discount on the nomination fee, while women and persons with disabilities will only pay for the Expression of Interest form, enjoying a full waiver on the \u20a630 million Nomination form.<\/p>\n<p>This pricing model is consistent with previous APC primaries in states like Bayelsa and Abia, where similar fee structures and concessions were applied.<\/p>\n<p>The party says the framework balances internal revenue generation for election preparedness with efforts to support youth, women, and other underrepresented groups seeking political office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the cost of its governorship nomination forms at \u20a640 million, comprising \u20a610 million for the Expression of Interest form and \u20a630 million for the Nomination form. According to the party\u2019s 2025 national timetable, the APC also introduced measures to encourage inclusivity. Aspirants aged 25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72183,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72181\/revisions\/72183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}