Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a Nigerian lawyer and Human right activist has openly condemned  the N100m presidential nomination form fee as set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He has described it as “immoral” considering the fact that the country’s minimum wage is N30,000.

Speaking on a Live National Tv,  Falana said it was insensitive and illegal for the ruling party to fix its nomination forms at such a shocking and flamboyant amount.
Last week, APC pegged the price for its presidential nomination forms at N100m while the PDPs’ is set at N40m.

In the words of the learned silk,

“Those outrageous nomination fees are immoral, insensitive, and illegal. Again, section 42 of the Nigerian constitution provides that nobody shall be subjected to any restriction or discrimination on the basis of class, fortune, sex, or whatever,”
He added that,

“If these parties are saying they want to exclude unserious people and that if you cannot mobilise N100 million or N40 million, you cannot attain some positions in your country.”

He termed is as “discriminatory and illegal.”

“No restriction can be erected to prevent you from participating in the politics of the country”.

He asked, “are you now saying that the politics of the country is for moneybags or fat cats?” That is against the spirit and the letters of the constitution.