The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmud Yakubu has said 80 rerun elections ordered by the courts will cost the country N10 billion,
Yakubu said the rerun elections must be conducted between now and March 19.
Yakubu, while presenting the commission’s 2016 budget before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Electoral Matters, said the N10 billion was reqiured for logistics and other electoral activities.
The committee assured Nigerians of its readiness to offer assistance for the prosecution of the 2019 general election, saying early preparation for the 2019 polls should be prioritised.
As a result, Chairperson of the committee, Aishatu Dukku, demanded the schedule of the purchases to be made by the commission.
In addition, she said the committee would visit state offices to ascertain the level of preparedness.
