The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it would institute a
legal process against the National Communications Commission (NCC) to
challenge the shutdown of some of its fund raising platforms.
This was disclosed in Abuja by Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State during a meeting of the Fund Raising Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation.
This was disclosed in Abuja by Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State during a meeting of the Fund Raising Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation.
According to him, the directive to shut the platform was contained in a letter signed by the Director
of Consumer Affairs, Maryam Bayi, Head of Legal and Regulatory Services
Yinka Akinloye, on behalf of the NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Dr Eugene
Juwah.
Fashola alleged that in 2010, approval was given to some parties’
campaign organisations to raise funds using such platform but that the
APC is being denied the same right in 2015.
”We have advised our lawyers to go to court. They are preparing the
papers now. In 2010 approval was given to other presidential candidates
to campaign to raise fund (using such a platform).
”The rule seems to have changed in 2015,” Fashola said.
Reports indicated that the APC had raised an alarm last week on the
alleged shutdown of the SMS campaign to raise funds for Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari’s campaign.
APC Threatens Court Action Against NCC Over Fundraising
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