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The t Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Independent National Electoral Commission and Electoral Matters, has proposed an extension to the tenure of Local Government Chairmen, in the Federal Capital Territory, from three to four years.

The committees equally proposed an upward review of the amount to be spent by candidates seeking elective public office to N10bn.

Our correspondent also learnt in Abuja, on Wednesday, that the also recommended that other elected officials of the six area councils which make up the FCT should equally benefit from the proposed amendment.

These proposals are contained in recommended amendments to the Electoral Act, which the committee is prepared to submit before Senators and House of Reps for consideration and approval later this month.

When ed, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya, confirmed this development, in an interview with our correspondent.

Gaya said, “Since the National Assembly legislate on the Federal Capital Territory, we amended the tenure of the local government chairmen within the FCT.

“We believe that if we leave a chairman to serve for three years, they cannot record any concrete achievement.

“They would be undergoing the learning process in their first year and start implementing their own projects in the second year, while they will be preparing for elections in the third year. This means that they have just one year to really work effectively.

“However, if we increase their tenure to four years, they will have two out of the four years to work. That is why we have proposed that the tenure for local government chairmen should be increased to four years.

“We are therefore appealing to all the governors to comply with the new provisions because we don’t have the powers over them. We can only appeal to them.”

The committee chairman also explained that the equally proposed an upward review of the amount to be spent by candidates seeking elective public office.

He said, “We looked at the current situation and we have come to a conclusion that someone contesting election as president of Nigeria should spend more than N5bn.

“We have recommended N10bn for the Presidential candidate while the amount that could be spent by those contesting elections as governors and legislators have also been reviewed upward.

“On personal donations to presidential candidates, we have recommended that an individual could donate up to N10m for a candidate either for the presidential or governorship election because the current N1m benchmark is no longer realistic.”

https://punchng.com/nassembly-proposes-n10bn-as-presidential-candidates-election-spending/?amp=1

And what will be the penalty if Tinubu or Atiku spend over N100 billion in 2023

They have started again

And they can’t rectify what ASUU has been yearning for years, I know these Bill certainly has a way of benefiting their pocked and thus it’s treated with urgency. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aren’t these people just been selfish? In Nigeria, Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.

Thieves!!!

These crop of leaders know nothing but spending, spendind and spending.
Nigeria is in hot soup

It is well with Nigeria.. Amen.

Out of all the pressing issues going on in the world?!

We will keep saying this : These kids below are the ones that need wardrobe allowance, or anything increament in their lives.
And vehicles that will be taking them to and from school.
Not our senators or any , retired, sitting, standing or crawling politicians .

Misplaced priority, is this what we need at this difficult time. Instead of them to focus on issues that will better the live of average Nigerians

If dem stop fraud for this our country our economy go collapse

Most of them can't even sing the national anthem....


Sometimes I wonder if our leaders are truly Nigerians ..

counting in MILLION is now outdated in Nigerian politics.

Government of the money, for the money and all about the money.

Thieves can give silly excuses sha.

The Senators (thieves) that have been there for donkey years fa?

Unnecessary law


Election is big business all over the world, let each candidate spend whatever they can, it would end up boosting the Economy



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Nonsense

When it comes to spending money that comes to themselves and their associate, there would be an upward review and it would be implemented as quickly as possible.

However, when it comes to what would benefit the common man for example minimum wage, they would take forever to review it, setting up an infinite number committees and s which would all take decades to meet to do their jobs. Don’t even get me started on implementation both at the federal and state level.

The worst thing is, if the same marginalized average Nigerian gets to power, he/she wouldn’t do any better than those currently there.

Imagine spending that much money to convince the people to vote you yet after being elected we don't get to hear or even see you till you leave office

So it's the federal government that will "sponsor" our legislators? Which other business do these guys do for a living aside politics?

all this is on paper, more than twice that amount was spent on governorship election by a candidate 2election cycles ago

Hmm

nairavsdollars:
And what will be the penalty if Tinubu or Atiku spend over N100 billion in 2023

Tinubu giving you sleepless night in the yeast

Lol, you can't even become governor in most states with N10bn.

That's too much

Only a thief needs soo much money to compaing and win people's hearts and votes....I sincere and honest man wont spend more than 3 billions for posters,tv adverts and travels

Noted

Ok