The commission in its 2023 General Election Report released on Friday, said that out of the ₦355.b approved for the conduct of the elections, the sum of ₦313.4 billion was only released as of September 2023.
According to the report, based on the key activities in the approved Election Project Plan for the 2023 general election, INEC proposed a budget of ₦305 billion for the conduct of the elections.
The breakdown of this amount showed that the commission asked for ₦159.7 billion for electoral operations; ₦117. 3 billion for electoral technology; and ₦20.4 billion for electoral administrative costs.
