Bisina Somto, PBA Journalism Mentee
A General Elections Crowd funding Committee (GECC) for the 2023 polls was launched in Abuja, on Wednesday October 12, 2022.
In a statement released by the group, the chairman, Omokioja Eto, a senior journalist with many years of experience at The Guardian, The Punch, ThisDay, Daily Times, and The Trumpet, said “the Committee will mobilize to support selected candidates across political parties in Nigeria to fund logistics costs in their elections”.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelSpeaking after the inauguration, Eto “said that, unless Nigerians at the grassroots and everywhere support good candidates with patriotic antecedents to win elections through crowd funding, only those with the financial war chests which are mainly proceeds from corruption will continue to find their way into power.”
“What we are doing is a selfless service to move our nation forward and all Nigerians should rally round those that will be presented as a test case in this election.”
Alhaja Rasheeda Bubakari is the Secretary of the Committee among other members drawn from across the country.
The Committee called on eligible candidates with proven antecedents of societal development and patriotism to contact it for screening and possible endorsement for the final list that will be presented to Nigerians for financial support soon.
