2019: INEC Denies Budgeting N6bn For Police Feeding

No Special Budget For Police Feeding – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that there is no budget head for feeding the police in the 2019 election budget.

The electoral umpire said what is in its budget is for feeding of all election personnel on election days including permanent and ad hoc staff as well asl all other forms of security personnel who would be on duty.

“What we do have is a budget head for feeding all election personnel on election days and it covers all INEC permanent and ad hoc staff, presiding officers, supervisors, monitors, collation and returning officers and all security personnel on election duty including the police, NSDC, Immigration, Prison and NDLEA officers, etc numbering in excess of a million people.”

“The estimated budget for this is more than 25% less than what is being bandied around and it covers all elections including bye elections, re runs, run offs and court ordered elections,” the statement reads.