Today, the National
Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters approved N143 billion for the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in line with the proposal of
President Buhari for the funding of the 2019 general elections.
The President had in a
letter to the National Assembly on July 17 sought the approval of the Assembly
for the virement of N143 billion to INEC in readiness for the 2019 polls.
Addressing newsmen at the
end of its 30-minute closed-door meeting in Senate Committee Room 117 on
Monday, the Committee Chairman, Senator Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North), said the
committee which had met four rimes within two weeks after exhaustive
deliberations okayed N143 billion as election funds for INEC.
According to him, the
Committee will be meeting again with INEC management on Tuesday “so as to give
the electoral body opportunity to reprioritize its election needs”.
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