We will not take civil servants pay to fund elections if that will mean I am no more Minister of Finance, so be it,” he said. If some of those monies come in, it will be used to fund elections. The NEC Chairman had alarmed that the Commission is running out of time for the preparations of the election and the referendum. Korkoyah clarified that the cutting down of the activities by the NEC will in no way affect the process. When the government decided to hold election to fill in the vacancy, funding availability became a major issue.

Source: Front Page Africa February 26, 2020 06:45 UTC