The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) mentioned that it will be recruiting no fewer than 750, 000 ad hoc staff to conduct the general elections across the nation. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), disclosed this in an interview journalist on Wednesday in Abuja.
“Getting that number is not an easy task, but the recruitment is nearly concluded, except in isolated places where we still need to make up with the number.”
He said that applications for the recruitment were conducted via online, adding the commission also recruited former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who had ‘’excellent and credible records’’ in previous elections.
He explained that the resort to former NYSC members was because the corps could not provide all the needed personnel from current members in the scheme.
Idowu added that INEC was also considering recruiting third-year students of tertiary institutions to meet the needed number.
He disclosed that the training of “master trainers” among the ad hoc staff, who would train the others, had commenced.
He explained that the commission preferred NYSC members as ad hoc staff for the conduct of elections to avoid the experiences of the past where election
workers compromised.
workers compromised.
“If the corps members or students in the exercise compromise, sanction await them because they are still within a system and under a country,” he said.
Mr. Idowu, however, stated that no NYSC member on election duty had been sanctioned, revealing that they had so far maintained credible records.
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And I hope you can protect the lives of these ones when the election is over because some people are bad losers. 2011 is still fresh in our memory, don't go and employ people's children to be slaughtered like ram again ohhhhh!
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