The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSSAA), Mr Tony Odili Ujubuoñu, Tuesday, warned that the agency would penalise any political party candidate caught defacing public buildings.
Ujubuoñu, who disclosed this in a statement, also insisted that all politicians wiling to erect political billboards must obtain approval from appropriate quarters or face immediate sanction.
“Political party candidates must ensure that their agents don’t deface public places like bridges, building, stadia, school walls etc., with their posters. Defaulters will be penalized. We urge all advertisers using billboards to obtain Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) vetting of their campaign messages before posting them.
“If a board is erected without proper approval which is given only to registered outdoor advertising agencies by ANSAA, such board or boards will immediately be brought down, confiscated and the defaulter will bear the cost of such enforcement. The fees expected to be paid to ANSAA for political campaign in the state is the political campaign permit fees which enables the political party candidate to campaign in and around the state for the position he or she is contesting.
“The fees are as follows are N10,000,000 for presidential campaign, N7,500,000 for Senatorial Campaign, Federal House of Representative Campaign– N5, 000,000, State House of Assembly Campaign– N1, 000,000. The fees cover the charges for posting political posters in non-public places, exposure of images on political campaign offices, vehicles, banners, T-Shirts, caps, flags, flyers, wrappers, buntings, kerchiefs, stickers, etc.
“To hold road shows, rallies and use of public address systems in and around the 21 local government areas of the state. Note that this does not include the fees for advertising on billboards which, as noted above, will be paid on their behalf by the registered outdoor advertising practitioner,” the statement said.
