8th August, 2018
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, are currently meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu in Abuja.
The meeting with the NASS leadership is to discuss the funding of the 2019 general elections and the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
The Senate President had on Monday convened a meeting with the INEC boss to hold yesterday (Tuesday) which was later postponed, following the siege that was laid to the National Assembly by officers of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Saraki in his meeting with the INEC boss on Wednesday questioned why the request for funds was coming to the National Assembly nearly three weeks and not a few months ago.
He said that the National Assembly was committed to ensuring that the election is without hitches.
Channels tv reports that the Senate President also appealed to President Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
The President, Muhammadu Buhari had in July 2018 said that the 2019 general election will cost about 242.4billion Naira.
He said in a letter sent to the National Assembly, that the funds be drawn from the 2018 and 2019 budgets.