Section 9: Annual estimates, accounts and audit

(1) The Commission shall not later than 31 October in each year, submit to the President an estimate of its expenditure and income during the next succeeding financial year.
(2) The Commission shall keep proper accounts of the Commission in respect of each year and proper records in relation thereto and shall cause its accounts to be audited not later than six months after the end of each year by auditors appointed from the list of auditors and in accordance with the guidelines supplied by the Auditor-General for the Federation.