Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria – INEC
September 17, 2022
3:19 am
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained why the cost of conducting elections in Nigeria was relatively expensive.
He made this known on Friday when he appeared at the ‘The Editors’ Forum’ in Lagos which was organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors at De Rembrandt Hotel, Awolowo Way Ikeja.
He listed some of the reasons as ‘cost of logistics, highly-secured ballot papers, allowances for personnel and others.’
In his words: “In France, the ballot paper is like an A4 sheet of paper, because it is unthinkable that anybody in France …
