Unpaid advert debt: Journalists plan mass protest against APC

Journalists covering the All Progressives Congress (APC),
have concluded plans to embark on a massive protest against the National
Working Committee (NWC), led by Chief John-Odigie Oyegun from next week, over
its refusal to pay various advertisements placed in media newspapers.

The debts running into over N30 million, cut across various
major national Newspapers covering the party, which include; The Sun, This Day,
Punch, Daily Trust, Blueprint, Guardian, Nation, Vanguard, Leadership, among
others.

The party recently generated more than N60 million from the
sales of the nomination and Expression of Interest forms.‎

It was gathered that eleven out of the twelve aspirants
officially paid N5.5 million for the forms, while the only woman aspirant got
the form free of charge according to the APC constitution.

Some of the adverts placed in the Newspapers were said to
have taken more than two years without payment by the ruling party.

The affected newsmen, who said they are on the verge of
losing their jobs as a result of threats from their offices, expressed
frustration confronting them as a result of APC debt.

The breakdown of the advert debts shows that The Sun,
Nation, Leadership, Blueprint, Vanguard and Daily Trust, have the highest
shares of unpaid advert.

One of the journalists who revealed the plan to carry
placards against Chief Oyegun led NWC next week, said he has to do this after
several appeals had failed.

The journalists said that all the local and international
media organizations will be invited to cover the protest.