The Commission, on Friday, said it has commenced the process of recruiting 26, 000 ad-hoc staff it will deploy to 5, 720 polling units in the state.
INEC’s Resident Commissioner in Anambra State, Mr. Nkwachukwu Orji, who made the disclosure during a dialogue session he held with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in Abuja, said the ad-hoc staff would be selected from various tertiary institutions in the state, as he noted that the Commission was not satisfied with the number of ad-hoc staff it got during an online recruitment process it conducted between August 8 and September 9.
He also added that the Commission is currently negotiating with the Anambra state government to not only designate some schools as training centers for the ad-hoc staff, but to also shut down the selected schools within the period.
Meanwhile, the Commission also presented the Electronic Voter Register, EVR for the elections, at a ceremony in the state capital, Awka.
