{"id":216975,"date":"2022-09-17T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T06:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=216975"},"modified":"2022-09-17T07:19:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T06:19:45","slug":"60-of-election-funds-spent-on-logistics-personnel-allowances-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/17\/60-of-election-funds-spent-on-logistics-personnel-allowances-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"60% of election funds spent on logistics, personnel allowances \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 60 percent of election funds are spent on logistics and personnel allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made this known Friday while responding to questions at an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/17\/nscdc-uncovers-illegal-mining-site-in-lagos\/\">Lagos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu, however, said Nigeria\u2019s elections are not the most expensive, adding that elections conducted in Ghana, Kenya and Guinea-Bissau were more expensive if the voter population was considered per capita in relation to the cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost in Nigeria, I think, is nine dollars per head (N4,500) as against what happens in other countries. Ours is not even the most expensive,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of elections in Nigeria in 2023 is N305 billion of the national budget of over N17 trillion. The cost of elections is just 1.8 percent \u2014 not even up to two percent of the national budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we remove the technology cost, 60 percent of the cost of elections in Nigeria is spent on logistics and personnel allowances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are several reasons responsible for the large amount of funds used in conducting elections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<br \/>\n\u201cIn France, the ballot paper is like an A4 sheet of paper, because it is unthinkable that anybody in France will snatch the ballot paper,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut here in Nigeria, we print ballots papers in currency quality and we entrust them to the Central Bank of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ballot papers will now be moved with all the protocols and security according to the movement of the national currency, just to protect the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not going to be done cheaply. So, we pay for lack of trust in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chairman added that if trust in the electoral process is built upon, \u201cthe cost of elections will come down considerably\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 60 percent of election funds are spent on logistics and personnel allowances. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made this known Friday while responding to questions at an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in Lagos. 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