You must do better than Jega- senate tells INEC boss.

Chairman Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Ali Ndume has challenged the commission to surpass defeat it achieved under its previous Chairman Atahiru Jega.

Senator Ndume who challenged the INEC Chairman at the 2017 budget defence of the commission said the country cannot afford to go back to pass.

Ndume recalled that the 2015 general elections conducted by Jega was globally acclaimed to be credible and the best of its kind in the history of the country.He assured INEC of the committee’s willingness to give it all the needed support to ensure that the 2019 general elections and others meets the expectations of Nigerians.

In his presentation, the INEC chairman manhood Yakubu said N45 billion has been budgeted for the commission, which is broken down into four subheads, such as the payment of salaries which is expected to cost N21 billion for over 16 thousand staff nationwide.

Giving a further breakdown, he said most of the figures in the 2017 budget is the same with 2016, such as the 2.5 billion naira that will be spent on maintenance of equipment and the 2.3 billion for capital projects.