Imo: “Let Opposition Parties Breathe”, ADP Guber Candidate Hits Uzodinma Over N54m Advert Fee

The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Dr. Kachi Nwoga, has criticized the Imo State Advertisement and Signage Agency for demanding N54 million from political parties planning to erect campaign billboards ahead of the November 11 election.

While  calling on Imo Governor, Hope Uzondimma, to allow opposition parties in the State to breathe, the ADP candidate described the advertisement fee as outrageous.

Nwoga made the appeal in a letter written to the national headquarters of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, a copy of which was made available to journalists titled: “Petition Against N54m Campaign Levy Imposed on All Opposition Parties by Hope Uzodimma-led Imo Government.”

Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, the Imo politician expressed concern that the move to frustrate opposition parties was targeted at giving Uzodimma an advantage ahead of the November 11 governorship poll.

He said, “The opposition is not allowed to breathe. I cannot go and put up a billboard today because, by the time they are telling me to pay N54 million naira to put up a billboard, it means I cannot put up a billboard.

“I don’t know any state anywhere, even if you need to convert it to dollars, nobody can charge this kind of money. It’s obscene, It’s atrocious, It’s sinful. That’s what they’re asking the opposition to pay.

“And I intend to ask since the entire state up and down is filled with the billboard of one particular person, I really want to know how much the state has made from that one person, if this is how much you have to pay for billboards.”