Nigeria: INEC to Spend N310 Million to Monitor Elections

7 January 2013

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to spend N250 million to fund its scheduled participation in foreign election observer missions this year, just as the commission is to spend another N50 million to monitor local elections and by-elections in 2013, LEADERSHIP investigations revealed.

Nigeria's Election Management Body (EMB) which plans to visit 15 unspecified countries disclosed that the sum will cover estacode, ticket and other allowances for the commission's delegation.

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