Senate Gives A Breakdown Of N53bn For The 2019 General Elections Security Budget

The Senate on Tuesday approved the security budget of N53.2 billion for the 2019 general elections. The approval of the budget followed a presentation of the report of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation at plenary. The Senate further approved that the money be vired from both the recurrent and capital components of the Special Intervention Programme captured in the via IFTTT