Tag: Election Budget
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2019: INEC defends N189.2b election budget as lawmakers commence approval process
Work has begun on the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 elections. INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday defended the commission’s N189.2 billion budget at separate sessions with the Senate’s and House of Representatives’ committees on INEC. Yakubu, who gave a breakdown of the various components of the budget,…
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Why NASS can’t reconvene to consider 2019 election budget now – Saraki, Dogara
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday explained why the National Assembly could not reconvene as earlier disclosed by the Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff last week. They stated that before resumption, the joint Senate and House of Representatives committees on electoral matters and officials of…
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N242b election budget: Senate to reconvene for approval next week – INEC
Sequel to its meeting with the leaders of the National Assembly on Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed optimism about the passage of its proposed N242 billion budget for the 2019 elections. The chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu expressed the assurance while speaking with correspondents after the meeting with the…
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Presidency ‘begs’ National Assembly to suspend recess, approve 2019 election budget
The Presidency has urged the National Assembly to suspend the ongoing recess and attend to requests by President Muhammadu Buhari pending before the legislature. The National Assembly was billed to proceed on holiday on Thursday but the lawmakers went on recess on Tuesday in protest against the alleged clampdown on President of the Senate, Bukola…
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2019 election budget ready in seven days – INEC Chairman
Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said that the 2019 General Elections budget would be ready in seven days. Mahmood disclosed this in his in an address of welcome at a Two-Day 2019 Election Project Plan (EPP) Implementation for the senior management staff of the commission in Lagos. “It…