The Senate majority leader, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan has called on his colleague !awmakers in both the Senate and House of Representatives to reconvene quickly to work on the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 general elections in the country.
Senator Ibrahim Lawan, who spoke to newsmen at the presidential villa in Abuja today,, Wednesday said that as President Muhammadu Buhari leaves for his vacation, the lawmakers should continue to treat those issues that are so important to this country.
“We should be able to come together, come back and deal with them. Here I have in mind the consideration of the budget of INEC for the 2019 election that is the request of Mr. President to approve some virement on the 2018 budget. I believe that we are going to do a lot of justice to the people of this country to work hard to pass those requests.
“I am using this medium to call on my colleagues in the senate and House of Representatives to come back and consider the requests of Mr. President for the virement and supplementary budget for INEC for the 2019 elections.”
