The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, officially lifted the ban on campaigns for the 2015 general elections. The commission said that in line with the electoral timetable and in keeping with the 90 days provision, presidential and national assembly aspirants had from Monday, November 16 commenced their campaigns.<\/p>\n
However, governorship and state House of Assembly aspirants would have to wait till November 30 before they could begin their own electioneering campaigns nationwide. Speaking in Abuja, on Monday, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, said the commission had put all arrangements in place to monitor the campaigns in line with the provisions of the law.
\nHe said: \u201cThe commission has put structures in place to track expenditures; that structures did not exist in 2011, but now, we have been able to put structures in place to track the expenditure of politicians and we are going to be doing that.\u201d \u201cSection 91, sub-section 2-7 of the Electoral Act, delves on Limitation on Election Expenses; the maximum elections expenses to be incurred by a candidate at a presidential, governorship election shall be N1 billion and N200 million, respectively. \u201cThe maximum amount of election expenses to be incurred of senatorial seat by a candidate and House of Representatives shall be N40 million and N20 million respectively\u201d, while \u201cin the case of state assembly election, the maximum amount of election expenses to be incurred shall be N10 million.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, section 91 (10) said \u201ca candidate who knowingly acts in contravention of this section commits an offence.<\/p>\n
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