The request was contained in a document submitted by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yukubu during the commission’s budget defense session in the Senate.
The National Assembly had already approved three hundred and five billion naira for the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
In the budget document, the sum of two point six billion naira is earmarked for off season elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states which are expected to hold on November 11, 2023.
During the session, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Kabiru Gaya said the committee will properly oversee the electoral body to ensure it is prepared for the upcoming elections.
