John Alechenu and John AmehThe Joint Committee of the National Assembly on the Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday suspended indefinitely, deliberations on the N189bn budget submitted by the commission for the conduct of 2019 elections. Nazif, who chaired Friday’s meeting at the National Assembly, tried to offer explanations on the areas of conflict. The normal INEC budget was submitted together with the normal budget which was completed in October and submitted to the National Assembly in November last year. According to him, the lawmakers are concerned about the fact that the 2019 budget may not be passed early enough to accommodate the part of the budget projected to be captured in the 2019 budget. Azubuogu stated that some Nigerians making inflammatory comments about whether the National Assembly would reconvene did not help matters.

Source: Punch August 18, 2018 01:27 UTC