A Flagbearer hopeful, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Stephen Atubiga has raised concerns over the party’s decision to charge GHC400,000 as filing fee for presidential aspirants.
Mr Atubiga wants the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to arrest any of the eleven aspirants of the party who pays the GHC 400,000 filing fees which the party is charging.
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“Any politician who will claim that he paid the amount of money (GHC 400,000) must be arrested, EOCO must arrest that politician, where did that person get that amount of money,” he quizzed.
All male flagbearer aspirants of the NDC are expected to pay GHS400,000 as filing fees while female flagbearer aspirants pay GHS200,000.
Persons with disability aspiring to the flagbearers of the party will also pay GHS150,000 with nomination forms going for GHS20,000.
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Parliamentary aspirants are expected to pay GHS20,000 as filing fees. Female parliamentary aspirants will pay half of the designated amounts
But to Atubiga says the amount will deter potential and capable persons who would want to lead the party into the 2020 general elections but do not have that amount to seal his candidature.
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“If you should calculate the amount, is close to $100,000, which is just filing fee and buying of the form, I will be surprised that an aspirant will go ahead to pay this fees not ask what we are doing to this party,” he said on Neat FM monitored by Adomonline.com.