Mahmood made this known to
journalists after meeting with the leadership of the national assembly on
Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the commission had been
assured of the national assembly’s commitment to an efficient election and
would do what is necessary to make that a reality.
“The most important thing to say
is that INEC was invited to meet with NASS leadership on how the proposed
budget for the 2019 elections can be speedily considered and appropriated by
the national assembly,” he said.
“We have been assured of speedy
passage of the budget, perhaps as early as next week. N242 billion is the total
amount proposed.
He commended the leadership of
the national assembly for calling for the meeting.
Mahmood said with the meeting,
the commission was re-energised and reassured that its plans for the 2019
elections were on course with regard to funding.
He said: “We have from today,
exactly 191 days to the opening of polling units at 8am on Saturday the 16th of
February, 2019.
“There are activities that we
have to undertake for a minimum of six months to the election date.
“Six months to the election date
kick starts from 15th of August, which means we have only eight days to the
commencement of these activities.
“We are confident that with this
meeting, all the grey areas will be ironed out and as we are concerned, our
component of the cost of the election will be speedily appropriated by the
national assembly.
“This is the first time in the
history of our election that the budget for the election will be subjected to
approval by the national assembly this way.
“We want to thank you for the
reassurance that the commission will not be constrained in any way in the
conduct of the election.”
Mahmood said the commission had
concluded plans for the election, adding that, it was waiting for the necessary
funding to commence implementation.
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