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Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will make special concessions to ensure women, young people and persons with disabilities (PWDs) can fully participate in the 2027 elections and stand for elective office.
In a statement signed by National Secretary Barr. Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, the party reiterated its pledge to include every Nigerian - at home and abroad - in its political process.
The statement emphasized that youth, those without substantial financial resources, and people living with disabilities should not be barred from contributing to nation‑building.
The move forms part of the NDC’s wider commitment to widen political access and remove barriers that discourage underrepresented groups from contesting elections.
According to the NDC scribe, “Women, due to cultural and other inhibitions, have also been largely receiving the short end of the democracy stick. They, therefore need some form of affirmative action to give them the needed push to participate and contest.”
He said this is so, because the NDC feels that Nigeria would be short-changing itself if it unwittingly shuts out about 50 per cent of its population, as represented by women, from the democratic process.
To this effect, Enekweizu reaffirmed that all women aspirants on the platform of the NDC are to pay 50 per cent of the advertised costs of both the Expression of Interest Forms currently on sale, as well the Nomination Forms, which is currently on sale.
Similarly, aspirants aged between 18 years and 35 years are also to pay 50 per cent of the advertised fees, while Persons Living with Disabilities are to pay 25 per cent of the advertised fees.
The statement also clarified that while Presidential, Governorship and National Assembly Forms are to be obtained at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, those for the State Houses of Assembly are to be collected at the party state office in their respective States.
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