The Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committees on Electoral Matters on Monday adopted N143bn as the workable budget for the 2019 polls.
The committee members, just rising from a meeting at the National Assembly, rejected the earlier version of N189.2bn, a combination of the N143bn and another N45.6bn proposed to be vired from the 2019 budget.
According to the lawmakers, they would only approve N143bn.
2019 polls: National Assembly slashes INEC’s N189.2bn budget to N143bn
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