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2019: Party congresses, primaries to cost INEC N630m

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The forthcoming political parties’ primaries is to cost the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) N630 million, it was learnt.

The sum is outside the N160.792 million proposed by the commission for campaign finance tracking and reporting; INEC is expected to monitor intraparty primaries of the 91 political parties across the country, ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Section 86 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, empowers INEC to monitor the activities of all political parties. It reads: “the commission shall keep records of the activities of all registered political parties.”

While Section 87 states that any political party seeking to nominate candidates for elections under the 2010 Act, as amended, shall hold primaries for aspirants to all elective positions.

The Nation, September 29, 2018

 

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