Nigeria, Oct. 25 -- The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has said 80 per cent of its 2027 candidates could not afford the party's expression of interest forms.

The NDC spokesperson, Osa Director, in a statement on Saturday said the candidates could not afford the party's forms due to the high level of hunger and poverty in Nigeria.

Mr Director suggested that the inability of the candidates to buy the expression of interest forms affected the NDC's finances.

He blamed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the hunger and poverty in the country.

"Our finances would have been more robust.

"However, contrary to speculations in the public domain, and due to the level of poverty, hunger and deprivation in the country occasioned by...