NDC 420K Filing Fee: ‘Dazed’ Alabi begs for MoMo cash

The flag bearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has begun raising funds publicly to pay the GHS420,000 nomination and filing fee demanded by his party.

The camp of Prof Alabi’s has said the amount is “outrageous”, adding that, they are confident the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) will still contest for the position DC.

Prof Alabi said he intends to “tackle corruption by first tackling the funding of political campaigns”, adding: “That is why I have decided to build this mass movement on the convictions and donations of the Ghanaian citizens. This is my pledge that my allegiance will be to you.”

In view of that, the Presidential Aspirant has declared a mobile money sequence of solidifying for funds to support the agenda of obtaining the highest office of the land.

The NDC’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who made the announcement yesterday November 29, 2018 said the fees were moderate despite the uproar within the party.

He has said the fees will help cater for the expensive cost associated with holding elections.

“If you compare these monies against the cost of organizing the activities we are talking about, you will realize that the party will still have to raise money to supplement whatever will be accruing from these filing fees so I do not see how anybody can say that it is outrageous. NPP three years ago was charging 500,000.

We were all with you here in this country, did you complain?”

The party took the decision at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, 29 November at the party’s headquarters in Accra.

All male flag bearer aspirants are expected to pay GHS 400,000 as filing fee while female flag bearer aspirants as well as persons with disability aspiring to the same position, are to pay GHS200,000, the party stated.

The parliamentary aspirants are expected to pay GHS 20,000 as filing fees while Female parliamentary aspirants are expected to pay half of that.