To erect billboards and paste posters in Kogi State, Presidential candidates are to pay a whooping ₦10million.
This is coming after the passage of the State’s Signage Agency Establishment Law by the House of Assembly in Lokoja on Thursday.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the legislators who deliberated the bill clause by clause at plenary, said, the law will regulate the outdoor display of signage and advertisement within the state.
The law also targets arresting the indiscriminate pasting of posters on side walks, walls, bridges and public buildings in the state.
The new law states that, all governorship candidates are to pay N5 million, Senatorial candidates, N2 million and House of Representatives, N1 million.
Also, House of Assembly and Council Chairmanship candidates are to pay N500, 000 each.
The law makes provision for the creation of a signage agency with the responsibility of handling regulatory functions, this means that, until permits are issued, no political party, politician or organisation can erect billboards or paste posters at any choice area within the state.
