The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the 2023 general election will gulp N305bn.
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According to the commission, the amount is N116bn higher, compared to N189bn expended on the 2019 general election.
The INEC Charman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the public presentation of the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (SP) and the 2023 Election Project Plan (EPP).
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Yakubu disclosed that the commission will spend N239.2bn to procure voting materials and vehicles for the election and spend N105.2bn to purchase accreditation devices.
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The INEC boss said N23.7bn would be spent on the allowance for ad hoc workers, who will be more than one million people, while N23bn was set aside for election logistics expenses.
He revealed that the electoral agency will spend N239.2bn, which constitutes 78.44 percent of the budget, to purchase ten critical electoral items.
Meanwhile, the commission on Thursday said that no amount of security challenges would stop the conduct of the 2023 general election.
Source: NewsDirect
