INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood YakubuTwitter
The sum of N1.8bn has been budgeted for a possible Presidential run-off in 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
As stated by the commission, the budget is meant for election logistic expenses including movement, deployment and retrieval of men and materials in the event of a run-off.
The information is contained in INEC’s 2019 Election Project Plan Vol. 2.
The total sum of N189bn, which INEC is demanding to execute the general elections, is included in the N228bn virement proposal sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.
INEC also earmarked the sum of N4.6bn for miscellaneous expenses for the general elections.
While the election operational cost was put at N134bn, the sum of N27.5bn was tabled down as the cost of election technology.
The sum of N22.6bn was also budgeted for election administrative cost.
As stated by the electoral umpire, the Presidential election, which holds on February 16, 2019, will gulp over N32bn.