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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will recruit ad-hoc staff for the 2019 elections only from well known institutions.
INEC made the announcement on Sunday to debunk attempts by fraudsters to rip off unsuspecting members of the public.
For the avoidance of all doubts, INEC said it will only recruit ad-hoc staff from well known institutions as follows:
- Youth Corps members – from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
- Students – from federal govt-owned tertiary educational institutions.
- Federal civil servants – from federal govt agencies, including tertiary educational institutions in the states of recruitment.
The electoral umpire stated that requests for these potential ad-hoc staff are made directly to the various institutions.
It clarified that it has not and does not intend to request applications from individuals to be considered for this assignment.
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“Any information or publication stating otherwise is false and should be disregarded”, stated INEC.
In a related development, INEC has announced the display of National Register of Voters at Polling Units level and hearing of Claims and Objections at Registration Area (RA) level in preparation for the 2019 General Elections starts from Tuesday, 6th November to Monday 12th November 2018 in accordance with sections 19 and 20 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended).
