Benevolent Nigerians pay for Buhari’s $130,000 nomination forms

The septuagenarian earlier this year declared his intention to seek a second term on the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which brought him to power in 2015. The cost of the forms has been seen as too expensive hence monetizing the political process but also locking out young people who cannot afford the amounts.

Whiles the APC has almost doubled its fees from 2015, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have significantly reduced their fees.

APC presidential primaries: 27.5 million naira in 2015 to 45 million naira ($125,500) in 2018.

Governorship primaries: 22.5 million naira in 2018, up from 10 million naira last time round.

PDP presidential primaries: 22 million naira in 2015 to 12 million in 2018

Governorship primaries: 11 million naira to six million naira.