The President had in a letter to the National Assembly on July 17 sought the approval of the Assembly for the virement of N143 billion to INEC in readiness for the 2019 polls.
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Addressing newsmen at the end of its 30-minute closed-door meeting in Senate Committtee Room 117 on Monday, the Committee Chairman, Senator Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North), said the committee which had met four rimes within two weeks after exhaustive deliberations okayed N143 billion as election funds for INEC.
According to him, the Committee will be meeting again with INEC management on Tuesday “so as to give the electoral body opportunity to reprioritise its election needs”
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