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Budget Plans for 2019 Elections Ready Next Week – INEC

PIC. 10. FROM LEFT: INEC NATIONAL COMMISSIONER, PRINCE SOLOMON SOYEBI; INEC CHAIRMAN, PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AND NATIONAL COMMISSIONER, HAJIA AMINA ZAKARI, DURING INEC CHAIRMAN'S CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH THE MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS, ON CONCLUSION OF BAYELSA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY (18/12/15).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will be ready with the budget estimate for the 2019 general election next week, Thisday reports.

The chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said that the management of the commission is currently working out the details of the election budget plan and would be able to make it public by next week.

Speaking during an interactive meeting with the media at INEC headquarters in Abuja, the chairman of INEC said that the commission may have to conduct two elections simultaneously in Anambra State.

Apart from the governorship election, which is due for November 18, INEC also said plans were underway to conduct a by-election to replace a member representing Idemili North constituency who died recently, adding that barring any last minute change of plans, the two elections would hold simultaneously on November 18 in Anambra State.

On preparations for the Anambra state governorship election, Yakubu said: “The commission is ready big time for the Anambra governorship election. We have been briefed by the resident commissioner on preparations on ground, including security situation and there is no reason for worry,” he said.

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