The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has condemned in strong terms the exorbitant fees being charged for nomination forms by some States Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs, as part of the requirements for participation in local government elections. The Council noted that this was in flagrant violation of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, the Electoral Act 2022 and subsisting judgements of the Supreme Court declaring the fees illegal and unconstitutional. In a statement signed by Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, its National Chairman, IPAC said it is aware of the attempt by anti-democratic for…