Former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has disclosed how he was able to raise funds to purchase his All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential forms.
According to Nwajiuba, about 3,150 Nigerians contributed money and yams to purchase his N100 million APC presidential expression of interest and nomination form.
“I have members of the House of Representatives from 1992 who endorsed me, even before they contributed money. Some have paid N1,000 each. One man from Nasarawa gave me 150 yams from his farm to sell. People are investing with the hope that there may be a new Nigeria,” he said.
“I must agree with you that we have a monetised politics, but I can assure you that we have a President Muhammadu Buhari elected who didn’t have money. I am only presenting myself to serve. I am not sponsored by the oil industry, so the only people who can sponsor me are Nigerians. Three thousand one hundred fifty people made contributions, and we bought these forms,” added Mr Nwajiuba.
The former junior minister said he will abide by the party’s rules whether the party comes up with a consensus candidate or not.
According to him, the presidential aspirants from the South-East failed to adopt a consensus candidate.
“The South-East does not want to arrive at a consensus. South-East wants to work with Nigerians. We have only seven presidential aspirants from the South-East in the APC, and that is very small, but I am sure out of this seven, we have those in their 70s and in their 60s.
“We have those in their 50s. We have every type you need. Nigeria must have the full breadth of Igbo diversity.”
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