INEC recruits 20,400 ad-hoc staff in Oyo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State, on Tuesday in Ibadan, disclosed that it would recruit as much as 20,400 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the presidential and governorship elections holding on March 28 and April 11.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Rufus Akeju, made the disclosure at Stakeholders’ Election Forum, where he explained that the ad-hoc staff were mostly made up youth corps members.
The REC further explained that the ad-hoc staff had been screened, trained and recruited as presiding officers and assistant presiding officers in addition to those recruited as Supervisory Presiding Officers largely from the federal ministries, departments and agencies.
He said: “the ad-hoc staff have been trained before the elections were rescheduled and this had necessitated another round of training. “INEC had recruited and trained collation officers and returning officers from the tertiary institutions in the state and arrangements have been concluded to ensure that only professors were recruited, trained and deployed as returning officers at all levels.”
(WhatsupIbadan)