The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has budgeted a total sum of N355 billion for the polls in the 2023 fiscal year budget ahead of the 2023 general elections according to report.
Recall that the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu had in December, 2021 told the National Assembly that it would require N305 billion as projected expenditure for the 2023 elections when he appeared before the Senator Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North led Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Consequently, N305 billion was approved for the conduct of the 2023 general elections by the National Assembly.
