The National Assembly joint
committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again invited
Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the commission, to give further clarifications
on the 2019 general election budget.
Suleiman Nazif, chairman of the
senate committee on INEC, made this known to journalists after the joint
committee meeting.
He said Yakubu was expected to be
at the meeting by 11am on Friday.
Nazif said the joint committee,
having met to harmonise their reports, following Yakubu’s visit to both
chambers on Wednesday, came to a conclusion that more clarifications needed to
be made on the budget.
“Yesterday (Wednesday), we
invited the chairman of INEC, who addressed the senate and house of
representatives and we met today to harmonise what transpired yesterday between
both chambers,” he said.
“The meeting was convened
consequent upon the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting for
supplementary and virement for the 2019 general election.
“We have done what we needed to
do and we have realised there are differences.
“In view of that, we decided to
invite the chairman of INEC for further clarifications tomorrow at 11am and from
there we will issue a statement to inform Nigerians of our position.”
He assured Nigerians that the
joint committee would endeavour to make sure that the elections did not suffer
any setback as a result of the president’s request to the national assembly.
He said: “We want to use this
opportunity to assure Nigerians that the committee is committed to ensuring
effective, credible, free and fair elections in 2019.”
The senate committee on Monday
queried the commission for presenting a budgetary proposal that was at variance
with the one presented by the president for the polls.
President Buhari in July
transmitted the budget of the 2019 elections to the national assembly.
The president gave the breakdown
as N189 billion for INEC and N52 billion for the police, Department of State
Services (DSS) and other security agencies.
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