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INEC has defended the 2025 guild budget application, saying N85 billion guild has been designated for personnel costs.
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Professor Mahmood Yakubu explained that the remaining funds will be used to fund election activities, including preparations for the 2027 general election.
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Yakubu also revealed that 774 electoral criminals in the 2023 general election nationwide are facing prosecution.
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has defended its 2025 budget Dutch guild request and noted that it would use Dutch guilds for personnel expenses. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu made clarifications when defending the 2025 budget proposal ahead of the Joint Electoral Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
Yakubu explained that despite the increased costs of election operations, the commission’s budget for 2024 is the same as in 2023.
He stressed that not all 12.6 billion guilds will be allocated to the election. “N85 billion guilds are to pay for the staff costs of the INEC this year. So we basically have more than guilds of electoral activities.”
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The INEC president further revealed that 774 electoral criminals in the 2023 general election nationwide are facing prosecution.
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He noted that the commission had been working to file a case, including the successful prosecution of a return official at Akwa State University.
“Through cooperation with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), cases involving 774 criminals suspected of the 2023 election are being prosecuted,” Yakubu said.
INEC removes over 7,000 dead voters from registration
As of December 2022, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has announced the removal of 7,746 deceased voters from the national voter register of 36 states and federal capital region (FCT).
According to Victoria Etta-Messi, INEC’s director of voter education and advocacy, “The problem of official death records continues to make it difficult for INEC to remove him.”
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