Electoral Commission (INEC) has again invited the Chairman of the
commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to give further clarifications on
the 2019 General Elections Budget.
The Chairman of the Senate committee on INEC, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, who
made this known to newsmen after the joint committee meeting on
Thursday, said Yakubu was expected to be at the meeting by 11:00 am
Friday.
He 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.
"The meeting was convened consequent upon the letter of President
Muhammadu Buhari, requesting for supplementary and virement for the
2019 general elections.
"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 11 O'clock and from there we will
issue a statement to inform Nigerians of our position," Nazif said.
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 lawmaker commended his colleagues for cutting short their holiday
to meet and consider the president's letter in effort to ensure the
success of the elections.
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