The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has said in its current projection, the cost per voter in the February elections is $7.90 (over N1,300.00) bringing the total cost for the 68 million voters to about N90.2 billion.
He said the figure is $1.10 higher than that of the 2011 elections, despite the enormous technology it is currently deploying into the electoral process.
Mr. Jega stated in a paper he presented through a National Commissioner in the Commission, Lai Olurode, at a conference in Abuja on Thursday.
The two-day conference was organised by Savannah Centre and CSIS Partnership on Nigeria’s National Election.
INEC had on Tuesday announced that about 68 million Nigerians were expected to vote in the February 14 and 28 elections.
“By our projection, next month’s election would cost less per voter than was the 2011 elections,” he said.
“In 2015, our projection is $7.90, the enormous technology that we are deploying into the electoral process, notwithstanding.”
Mr. Jega said like other government agencies, INEC was still facing funding challenges because of competing interests and diverse concerns of government, but that “the good news is that we have no cause to entertain doubts.”
According to him government agencies had been supportive as they did in 2011 and that there was an increasing awareness of the centrality of elections for the nation’s development.
He expressed commitment of the Commission “to transparency in the management of resources that are allocated to us and we make sure we get maximum returns on our investments.”
Mr. Jega said the electoral body was being selective in its procurement process and that it was doing pilot testing as much as practicable.
He said training temporary and permanent staff was key to the success of any election. He said there was need for all to be familiar with changes and innovations that were being brought bear on the electoral process.
“At an average of four ad hoc staff per voting point and with about 160,000 of such voting points, the commission will have to train close to 650,000 personnel.
“The logistics and cost requirements to train this number are huge and could be challenging. It is expected that as we engage more of those with previous experiences in election administration, more professionalism will certainly be infused into the electoral process. We will also continue to tap into the stocked assets of previously trained and engaged ad hoc staff.”

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Democracy is waste, why can't we cut cost with e-voting? The northerners will never agree to it becauser their fraud will be exposed.

BokoHaramm:
Democracy is waste, why can't we cut cost with e-voting? The northerners will never agree to it becauser their fraud will be exposed.

seriously. 1300*68,833476(number of registered voters). let assumed original cost of production is 700/1. pple in charge will embezle 600* 68833476. Rich keep on getting rich while poor....

Haba! Jega, tAkunlahi!
If one I'd card costs 200 naira, it should not cost more than 50naira since its mass production. And we say we want free and fair election when our chairman sef is far from fair talkless of free.

you guyz have started again, N1,300 for voters card, was the card made with gold??, jega sef na criminal, make una give me d contract, I get guyz for idumota them go do am neat for just N300

Xhammy:
you guyz have started again, N1,300 for voters card, was the card made with gold??, jega sef na criminal, make una give me d contract, I get guyz for idumota them go do am neat for just N300

abi o. Since its mass production. I expected it to b @ worst 500

We lack honest people at the helm of our affairs. That's why we keep moving in circles.
Can an independent body please investigate this claim plz?

sankky:
We lack honest people at the helm of our affairs. That's why we keep moving in circles.
Can an independent body please investigate this claim plz?

unfortunately, icpc and efcc ar useless in case of ds nature as P in psychology

1,300 not too bad.

Our democrazy cont'n to get more expensive operationally, can't they just share this money for us?

Corruption at its peak.

We need change.

Bunch of incompetent fools, how in this world can jega be bold to make that fruadulent statement. This jona administration is the most expensive in history

1300??
Haba,,datz too much
#change

kristina1:
1300??
Haba,,datz too much
#change

i support

Jega, a beautiful criminal!

BokoHaramm:
Democracy is waste, why can't we cut cost with e-voting? The northerners will never agree to it becauser their fraud will be exposed.

u were correct with the first and wrong with second. What about the senate and reps is it not waste? The pdp loves waste for the CABAL

This man should b questioned. Y

would one pvc cost that much

even with mass production, the

one that serves dual purpose

like withdrawing from banks

doesn't cost more than 1k.

jahbiz:
This man should b questioned. Y

would one pvc cost that much

even with mass production, the

one that serves dual purpose

like withdrawing from banks

doesn't cost more than 1k.

if some banks can charged #500 for atm. ar dey telling us dat its more security sophisticated Dan atm or the material beta of atm. sumtin is fishing; I gueas

tpacalipse:
Jega, a beautiful criminal!

lol. UnderG thief