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, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , has explained how the electoral body intends to utilise the N18 billion in the 2023 supplementary budget.
Yakubu said the expenditure for the three off-cycle polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states and bye-elections has been captured in the supplementary budget.N18 billion in the budget for the commission is not solely for the conduct of elections, noting that a “substantial part” of it is for the personnel cost.“You will recall that in April this year, there was a 40 percent increase in peculiar allowance of civil servants,” Yakubu said.
Yakubu said there are 11 vacancies — seven in the national assembly and four state assemblies — that INEC has to conduct by-elections to fill. “There are five vacancies in the house of representatives. Two were caused by death and three were caused by the resignation of honourable members.“We have vacancies in four state constituencies across the country and we have vacancies in two senatorial districts.
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