The All Progressives Grand Alliance Party (APGA) says it has cut down its nomination fees for women, people with disabilities and youths by 50 per cent.

This, according to the party, was to enable them to contest in any position in the 2023 general elections. It also said the development was in favour of persons with disabilities.

The Ebonyi Chairman of APGA, Ricky Okorouka, said this in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area during the party’s meeting with the ward chairmen.

“Yes, our party is gender-sensitive. We have already given 50 per cent discount on our nomination form and expression of interest for women, youth as well as people with disability.

“The reduction is made from the national, and this is the way we encourage women and we have been receiving new members from the 171 wards of Ebonyi’’,  he added.

Mr Okorouka said the meeting was to welcome new members who had decamped from other political parties.

He said that the party had received over 90,000 new members so far and reiterated the party’s readiness to take over power from the ruling party in the state.

Earlier, Ene-Odii Ogbonna, APGA’s youth leader in Ebonyi, commended all the newly received members and noted that the party was moving to take over the government house come 2023.

(NAN)