INEC Publishes Audited Accounts of Political Parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has published for public consumption, the executive summary of the External Auditors’ Report on the accounts of the 63 registered political parties in the April 1st,2012 editions of three national newspapers.They are: Sunday Punch, pages 56-59;Sunday Sun,pages65-68 and Sunday Trust,pages41-44.
The publication has been done in strict conformity with Section 15(c) of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Specifically, the section stipulates that the Commission shall “arrange for the annual examination and auditing of the funds and accounts of political parties, and publish a report on such examination and audit for public information”.
Members of the public and stakeholders in the electoral process are by this release,requested to go through these three newspapers in order to familiarize themselves with the details of the report of the audited accounts of Nigeria’s 63 political parties,please.

Umenger.I .Emmanuel
Director,Public Affairs
1/4/2012.

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