We Spent N100 Million on the Failed Recall of Senator Dino Melaye - INEC Chairman | CNR

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu on Friday in Abuja said only N100 million was spent on the failed attempt to recall the senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye.

Mr. Yakubu disclosed this while responding to a question posed by a reporter at a press conference in Abuja on Friday.

The INEC boss said the figure was far from the N1bn being claimed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the amount spent by INEC on the recall effort.

He said a recall exercise is just like conducting a Senatorial election, adding that Kogi-West which Melaye represents, has 552 polling units and seven local governments.

The INEC boss said ad-hoc staff were deployed in all the polling units.