National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chekwas Okorie, on Friday, declared that the party would offer its nomination forms free to the youths, women and physically-challenged aspirants for the 2019 general elections.
UPP also affirmed that it would not field a presidential candidate for the forthcoming general polls.
Okorie said these resolutions were reached after a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, held in Abuja.
In his words, “NEC approved the exemption of the payment of nomination fees by Nigerian youths from the age of 30 downwards for all elective offices. This is in the spirit of the recent act of the National Assembly on the, ‘Not Too Young To Run Law’
“UPP shall not sponsor a presidential candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
“Other categories of Nigerians that are exempted from paying nomination fees for any elective office in the general election are women and those that are physically challenged,” he added.
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