Abuja - The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman,
Prof. Attahiru Jega on Monday blew
the whistle for the commencement of
campaigns by political parties.
However, parties can only campaign for their presidential and National
Assembly candidates, effective from
Sunday, while electioneering for
governorship and state assembly
candidates would have to wait till
November 30. According to Jega’s Chief Press
Secretary, Kayode Idowu, INEC’s
action is anchored on section 99 (1) of
the Electoral Act, 2010, which states
that ban on political campaigns shall
be lifted 90 days before the polling day. Also read: INEC lifts ban on political campaigns in Ogun The presidential and National
Assembly elections have been fixed
for February 14, 2015 while the
governorship and House of Assembly
polls will hold on February 28.
Idowu, in an interview with reporters in Abuja, said the commission would,
however, monitor the campaign
spending by political parties and their
candidates.
Therefore, he added that the
commission has put in place a system to ensure that it tracks campaign
spending by political parties and their
candidates, as directed by the law.
Though the commission said it had
saddled its department on political
parties’ registration and monitoring with the task of ensuring that parties
and their candidates act within the
limit of the law, it added that it can only
do so if the offence has been
committed.
Section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2010 put maximum spending by a
candidate for presidential election at
N1 billion; N200 million for a
governorship hopeful while a person
vying for either senatorial or House of
Representatives seat has a spending limit of N40 million and N20 million
respectively.
The amount for a House of Assembly
candidate is N10 million; the same with
anybody running for local
government chairmanship. Idowu said unlike 2011 general
election, INEC had created a
department to monitor spending of
candidates in the 2015 election.
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They never learn

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