The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was fined by the governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, for the indiscriminate posting of campaign posters.
According to information gathered by this online newspaper, Uchenna Orji, the state’s commissioner for information and orientation, claimed that the ruling party had violated the terms of Executive Order 3 of 2022.
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The commissioner claims that the state government is trying to set an example with this action.
According to the statement, “His Excellency the Governor has decided to use his Political Party, APC, to set an example and as such, APC is hereby fined the sum of Five Million Naira (5,000,000.00) for contravening the Laws and Executive Order of the State.”
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Before December 31, 2022, “APC must pay the money to the State IGR account, obtain an IGR receipt, and publicise the payment in all media platforms, including social media, or risk being forced to pay a default fee of Fifty Million Naira (50,000,000.00).”
“APC is directed to remove all of their posters during this time and repair the infrastructure before December 31, 2022.
The Governor has made the decision to pardon all other political parties and issues an appeal to them to take down all of their posters from all critical infrastructure before December 31, 2022, and to stop immediately defacing State facilities, or else they will be subject to the same penalties as the APC, Ebonyi State Chapter.
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“The Governor appeals to all Political Parties not to take this goodwill as a sign of weakness on the part of Government as Government will seal off all Secretariats/campaign offices of such parties for their failure to remove their posters and or desist from continuously pasting posters on such critical Infrastructure,” reads the statement from the governor.
Political parties are forbidden by Executive Order 3 from engaging in political activity without first requesting and receiving the necessary permission from the state government.
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The order, which the governor signed in November, forbids political parties from affixing posters on vital infrastructure without first receiving permission from the state.
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