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Nigeria: 2027 - Kogi Fixes N150m Campaign Signage Fee for Presidential Candidates
['Boluwaji Obahopo']
AllAfrica News
The government also approved N50 million for senatorial candidates, N30 million for House of Representatives candidates and N5 million for State House of Assembly candidates.
Under the approved structure for the local government elections, chairmanship candidates are to pay N2 million, while councillorship candidates will pay N300,000 for campaign signage and related promotional materials.
Fanwo said the Kogi State Signage and Advertisement Agency, KOSSAA, under the Ministry of Information and Communications, would coordinate the implementation and enforcement of the new campaign signage regime.
Osaseyi urged political parties, candidates, campaign organisations and billboard operators to register with the agency and obtain the requisite approvals before erecting or displaying campaign materials.
He warned that unauthorised campaign materials would be removed, while violators would face appropriate sanctions.