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Publisher (J.T)
October 25, 2019
The NationalAssembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasraised concern about the additional budgetary spending of over five hundred andthree million naira by INEC without applying for virement from the NationalAssembly.
Thediscovery was made during the 2019/2020 budget defence session by the commissionbefore the committee.
IbrahimBabangida raised the issue when he asked the INEC Chairman Yakubu Mohmud toexplain why the commission unilaterally chose which of the budgetary item to effectextra budgetary spending.
He said thatthe action of the commission was in contravention of the 1999 Constitution thatstipulates that funds should not be expended outside what has been appropriatedby the National Assembly.
Fred Agbedi,also asked the INEC Chairman to tell the committee the extant laws thecommission relied on to spend money beyond appropriation.
In hisdefence, the INEC Chairman said that the spending was based on emergencysituations and in line with the independence of the commission to carryout itsresponsibilities.