’11 By-Elections’, INEC Chair Defends N18bn Supplementary Budget

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, defended the N18bn contained in the proposed supplementary budget for the commission when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations.The INEC chairman was among the guests who appeared before the committee.

Yakubu said, “The N18bn in the supplementary appropriation is not all for the conduct of elections. Actually, the substantial part of it is about personnel cost. “We have one of the largest workforces in the country, over 15,600 staff and it is not easy to find the money to pay in the absence of supplementary appropriation. So, we made a case to the government and we have been included in this supplementary appropriation.

“Since the budget was passed in 2023, a lot of the parameters have changed. For instance, the cost implication of PMS has changed from 197 per liter to over 600 now. So we need augmentation. Part of the N18 billion is going to augment the elections in the three states.“There’s no budgetary provisions for the conduct of this unforeseen and unbudgeted by-elections.

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