Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja
has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is encouraging corruption
due to the high cost of its expression of interest and nomination form fees.
Ladoja made this disclosure on Monday while addressing
journalists shortly after he observed the two Rakah obligatory Eld-Fitri
prayers which signifies the end of the one month Ramadan fast.
Recall that the APC had pegged its presidential nomination
forms at N100 million.
But Ladoja while addressing journalists at his Bodija Ibadan
residence, insisted that the high cost of nomination form would have a negative
effect on the nation’s economy.
Ladoja said the aspirants who spent N100m to purchase the
presidential form and those who spent N50m to purchase the gubernatorial form,
would be forced to embezzle public funds when they eventually assumed the
office.
He maintained that the high cost of nomination forms will further
promote corruption among the elected public officeholders. He added that the
party is only encouraging candidates to steal after their emergence.
Ladoja said, “N100 million nomination form for President and
N50 million for governor shows arrogance to the parties.
“For the President, you are asked to come and take a form of
N100m to seek a job of N56m, a salary of a governor is about seven million in a
year, which means you are going to earn N28m for the four years and you are
asked to pay N50m to seek a job of 28m.
“If other parties can also win elections in some states, the
arrogance of the two major political parties will go down, other political
parties form is not as high as the two major once.
“They should understand that they are not the masters,
peoples are the masters, they are just stampeding people thinking that the
people would vote for them either they like it or not.
“What other plans should I have apart from protecting Ibadan
land? I was a Governor of Oyo State. I am now the Osi Olubadan. My interest is
about Ibadanland and Oyo State.”
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