INEC to spend N19.1bn for elections in 2017
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
says it is to spend 19
billion Naira for elections in
2017.
This
was made known by the commission’s chairman professor Mahmood Yakubu while presenting the Commission’s budget
for 2017 before the
House Committee on Electoral Matters headed
by Honorable Aisha Dukku.
The
chairman who also noted that the INEC
has drawn up a strategic plan in preparations for the 2019 general elections
explained that the early preparation
is to ensure readiness for the polls as
strategic plan for the general elections
is being discussed at the three levels of government.
On the use of the identity cards for elections, Professor
Yakubu noted that the Office of the Vice President is coordinating the
exercise,..adding
that all agencies with individual
data bases have been mandated to harmonise such data with the national identity card.
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