The National Elections Commission (NEC), which should conduct elections in two separate by-elections for Montserrado County and Bong County within 90 days, has complained that there is no money to carry out the process. It has put the budget to around US$3.9M for the conduct of the by-elections in both counties. “It is important to stress that the National Elections Commission needs these budgetary discussions to be concluded urgently to meet the electoral timetable. “It is important to stress that the National Elections Commission needs these budgetary discussions to be concluded urgently to meet the electoral timetable. The two counties have a total of 2,292 polling places with 1,790 of these in Montserrado County and Bong County accounting for 502.

Source: Front Page Africa March 06, 2018 02:15 UTC