By Bida Elly David<\/p>\n
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Management of the recently released 22 billion South Sudanese Pound election budget allocated to National Election Commission (NEC), must be transparent-Analyst urges.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Boboya James Edmond, an analyst, who founded a national think tank, the Institute of Social Policy and Research (ISPR), emphasizes on proper use of pre-election activities fund.<\/p>\n “This money should be used for its intended purpose,” Edmond stressed during an exclusive interview with No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper<\/em><\/strong>, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n He calls for revamping of the National Election Commission structure with experts and to create other departments.<\/p>\n “The NEC needs to prioritize reconstituting its national structure, recruiting experts, and establishing departmental offices,” Boboya stresses.<\/p>\n Boboya acknowledged the significant task ahead of the NEC and cautioned against mismanagement.<\/p>\n “While the amount may not cover everything, it’s a crucial starting point for election preparations,” he advised.<\/p>\n The policy analyst further emphasized the need for proper allocation to the ten states and three administrative areas.<\/p>\n “The budget should also be used to set up state-level NEC offices, county offices (if established), and additional national headquarters,” Boboya explained. Only after these initial steps, he noted, can the commission move forward with voter education and registration.<\/p>\n Transparency and Oversight<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Boboya emphasized the importance of transparency in utilizing the funds.<\/p>\n “The NEC must adhere to the principles of Public Finance and Accountability Act,” he said.<\/p>\n Boboya also calls for civil society and media scrutiny to ensure proper spending and accountability.<\/p>\n He noted the controversy surrounding the allocation of the initial budget to NEC without parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n “Despite the lack of authorization,” Boboya said, “Parliament still needs to play its oversight role.”<\/p>\n The ISPR executive director further highlighted the role of state parliaments in ensuring responsible use of the funds.<\/p>\n “This is public money,” he stated, “and its use requires accountability through the Public Finance Management and Accountability Act.”<\/p>\n Last month, civil society activist Edmund Yakani urged the National Election Commission to operate neutrally and without political bias.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the National Election Commission (NEC) announced the commencement of voter registration in June, this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Bida Elly David Management of the recently released 22 billion South Sudanese Pound election budget allocated to National Election Commission (NEC), must be transparent-Analyst urges. Boboya James Edmond, an analyst, who founded a national think tank, the Institute of Social Policy and Research (ISPR), emphasizes on proper use[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Boboya-James-senior-political-analyst.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23812,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23810\/revisions\/23812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}