Post by Henry Emeka (@Emekus)
Respectfully Nigeria budgeted N355 billion for the 2023 general election, which included funding for real‑time electronic transmission of results. However, INEC later admitted that real‑time uploads failed due to technical issues, not because the money was missing. The funds were part of the overall election budget, not a separate real‑time transmission line item. Why are you still hand counting where is our tax money?
What was actually set aside?
INEC’s officially approved budget for the 2023 elections was:
N355 billion approved
N313.4 billion actually released as of September 2023
This budget covered:
BVAS devices
IReV result‑upload infrastructure
Logistics
Training
Security
Election personnel
There is no publicly documented separate allocation specifically labeled real‑time transmission. Instead, it was funded under the technology and logistics components of the N355bn budget.
So where is the money?
Based on available official reporting:
The money was released to INEC as part of the general election budget.
INEC did not claim the money was missing.
INEC said the failure of real‑time transmission was due to technical glitches, not lack of funding.
No investigative report or audit has publicly stated that the funds were diverted or stolen.
In other words:
The money went into the overall election operations budget, but the real‑time transmission component failed despite being funded.
Important note
Election funding and spending in Nigeria often lack full public transparency. Independent audits are rarely published. So, while the budget figures are known, the detailed breakdown of how much was spent specifically on real‑time transmission is not publicly available. Respectfully to the Nigerians courts, EFCC kindly do the needful where is the money and why are 240 million Nigerians vote hand counted in 2026
https://koyblog.com/2026/01/10/inec-receives-over-n1-trillion-allocation-in-2026-budget-ahead-of-2027-elections/?utm_source=copilot.com
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