THE Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), on Monday, officially lifted
the ban on campaigns for presidential and the
National Assembly elections slated for next
year.
The action is in line with the electoral timetable
released by the commission and in keeping
with the 90 days provisio, presidential and
national assembly aspirants have from
Monday, November 16 commenced their
campaigns.
However, governorship and state House of
Assembly aspirants will have to wait till
November 30 before they can begin their own
electioneering campaigns nationwide.
Speaking on the development in Abuja, on
Monday, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC
chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, said the
commission had put all arrangements in place
to monitor the campaigns in line with the
provisions of the law.
According to him, “the commission has put
structures in place to track expenditures; that
structures did not exist in 2011, but now, we
have been able to put structures in place to
track the expenditure of partisans and we are
going to be doing that.”
According to section 91, sub-section 2-7 of the
Electoral Act, delves on Limitation on Election
Expenses “The maximum elections expenses
to be incurred by a candidate at a presidential,
governorship election shall be N1 billion and
N200 million, respectively.
“The maximum amount of election expenses
to be incurred of senatorial seat by a candidate
and House of Representatives shall be N40
million and N20 million respectively,” while “in
the case of state assembly election, the
maximum amount of election expenses to be
incurred shall be N10 million.”
Meanwhile, section 91 (10) said “a candidate
who knowingly acts in contravention of this
section commits an offence.
Similarly, section 92 (3) has spelt out that
“election expenses of a political party shall be
submitted to the commission in a separate
audited return within 6 months after an
election and such return shall be signed by the
political party’s auditors and counter-signed by
the chairman of the party and be supported by
a sworn affidavit by the signatories as to the
correctness of its contents.”
He pointed out that the law had put ceiling on
each offices and the commission monitor to
see whether it had been exceeded

This Inec or whatever you call your self is a big joke. You mean campaigns have not started and we can't read a sentence in any of the TV stations without being interrupted by politicians and you've not done anything? SMH for inept inec.

Good development, now we can start campaigning with full force to chase GEJ out of Aso rock and elect Buhari, the anti corruption general as the next president. I see change coming in 2015!!

seunmsg:
Good development, now we can start campaigning with full force to chase GEJ out of Aso rock and elect Buhari, the anti corruption general as the next president. I see change. coming in 2015!!

buhari my foot

Time to finally Bury APC

Ok. Let me set the ball rolling with my own camfaign donation

Sai Buhari gaskiya ne fa.. No touch am walahi..leaf am fa



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