Politics
Enugu Government Sets N150m Campaign Advertising Fee for 2026–2027 Elections
Enugu State sets N150 million advertising permit fee for political parties and candidates ahead of 2026 and 2027 elections, covering banners, rallies, branded vehicles, and other visual materials
The Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency (ENSSAA) has mandated a N150 million advertising permit fee for all political parties and candidates participating in the 2026 and 2027 local, state, and federal elections.
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The announcement was made by ENSSAA General Manager, Francis Aninwike, during a management meeting at the agency’s headquarters, according to a statement from the media office of Governor Peter Mbah.
The directive, themed “Outdoor Promotion and Visual Campaign Guidelines for 2026 and 2027 General Elections,” aligns with ENSSAA’s statutory responsibility to regulate outdoor advertising across the state’s 17 local government areas.
The N150 million permit allows political parties and candidates to deploy campaign materials and conduct visual promotions throughout both urban and rural areas of Enugu State. Covered activities include:
- Rallies and public gatherings
- Banners, buntings, and handbills
- Branded vehicles, T-shirts, and caps
- Any other form of street campaign or outdoor promotion
Aninwike emphasized that all political parties and candidates must obtain a campaign permit from ENSSAA before erecting billboards or deploying any promotional materials, stating that the fee is payable directly to the Enugu State Government account.
“No individual, political party, or support group is permitted to erect billboards or advertisement structures in any part of Enugu State without going through licensed ARCON practitioners as permitted by ENSSAA,” Aninwike said.
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The move is aimed at ensuring orderly, regulated, and uniform campaign advertising across the state ahead of the 2026 and 2027 elections.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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