2019: No cash for INEC’s N300b budget

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is bracing for next year’s general elections – without cash.

The polls are 291 days away, but there is no cash yet for INEC’s N300 billion budget.

The cash squeeze is likely to affect the timelines for the elections, unless the Executive and the Legislature move fast to reverse the situation.

INEC has to procure more than 800 materials for the conduct of a successful poll but none has been bought.

Some materials needed for the polls take six to seven months to procure, The Nation learnt.

The Nation, May 1, 2018

 

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