Jega requests N5bn for plastic voters’ cards …To spend N63.1m on refreshment

Jega requests N5bn for plastic voters’ cards …To spend N63.1m on refreshmen
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), Prof. Attahiru Jega on Tuesday
asked the Senate to approve the second N5 billion to the Commission for his laminated voter cards. This was coming just three weeks after he made a similar request for an additional N6.6 billion for the extension of voter registration.
Jega who appeared before the Senate, the Central Electoral Commission to defend the 2011 budget, still caught N63.1 million and N77 million for recreation and honorarium accordingly during the 2011 fiscal year.
This was up to the Budget Office suggested N2.7 billion to cover the training the Central Electoral Commission to keep the boss yet inadequate, stressing that nothing short of N5 billion, would work. According to Professor Jega, "the Commission is N5 billion to convert about 80 million voters' cards are plastic lid. Each of the plastic cover is estimated to cost the Commission of the N64. We have difficulty in 40 percent cut in jobs N5 billion, as we have registered 67.7 million Nigerians, and training will continue after the elections. "
Central Election Commission also said that cards issued to voters who have registered only last up to two months, but it lasts longer if laminated, and adds that the Commission registered voters to 67.7 last exercise and are already working on a timetable to continue with voter registration as soon as the April elections.
In addition, he said, this should be repeated 10 years that could capture had reached voting age after the last exercise. Professor Jega told the Senator Isiaka Adeleke led the committee that the Commission would be another N450 million to cover the donations and gifts from some agencies that already made presentations in sponsoring workshops and seminars for capacity building. This was, he also said that the Commission would have to spend about N181 million on fuel and lubricants, but also another N45 million for power generators and the plant's 2011 fiscal year.
Similarly, the Commission expects to spend N22 million for local education and N270 million was set aside for foreigners in addition to education, inter N180 million in travel expenses as it would be N135 million foreign trips. Professor Jega told the Senate committee that the slash in the year 2011 budget, the Budget Office was made without consulting the electoral body, therefore say that the N51 billion proposed in the past the Commission was expected to put a better position to provide credible elections in April.