The Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar said All Progressive Congress (APC) needed about N100 million to pay ad-hoc staff and stationary for the conduct of membership registration and validation in the state.
The governor made the disclosure in his speech delivered at a stakeholders meeting held at APC state Secretariat Dutse,.said the party (APC) has estimated to spend over N80 million on the payment of allowances for the ad-hoc staff recruited to carry out the exercise in the state.
Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar noted that “we need stellar of N75 million and other things which require money in the exercise.”
He pleaded with elected people under the party in the state to came to the air of the party financially to ensure the success of the project.
“Where are you the three senators,?Where are you 11 members house of representatives? Where are you 30 members of the state Assembly? where are you 27 local government council chairmen? Come and support the party with money as our plan is to register members more than every state in the country”.
The governor there refuted the allegation of effort to hijacks the membership registration, describing the rumor as baseless that lack any iota of truth, adding that “the registration is open to any interested person as the party is always live on Democratic tenets”.
“All Progressive Congress (APC) Jigawa state Chapter has fixed Monday 8th February for the commencement of membership registration renewal with targets of 800,000 peoples.”
Governor Badaru also directed all local government chairmen, commissioners, members national and state Assembly to provide maximum support including logistics to ensure hitch-free registration exercise across the 27 local government areas of the state.
The governor however charged all party members to go and renew their membership as it is one of the pre- requests for one to hold any elective or appointed position under the party.
In his speech, the chairman of the 7 men registration committee sent from party national headquarter, Alhaji Ibrahim said. the registration exercise will be carried out at every polling station in the state.
He explained that every member is expected to go and register at his poling units, unlike the previous registration which was done at ward levels.
According to him, two ad-hock staff were recruited to handle the registration at each polling unit to make the registration easy and accessible to all people of the state in respect of their geographical location.
