Voters’ registration: INEC to recruit 24,222 ad-hoc staff in Kano

The Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has said it plans to recruit and train about 24,222 ad-hoc staff to man the 8074 registration units in Kano State for the purpose of the voters’ registration exercise.

Disclosing this in Kano, on Thursday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Danyaya, said a total of 8074 DDC machines would be put to use for the exercise, which would take place in 8074 polling units in the state.

Presenting a keynote address at a stakeholders’ Forum organized by his commission, Alhaji Danyaya said the commission’s headquarters in Abuja was making necessary arrangements to ensure the availability of adequate registration materials before the commencement of the registration exercise.

He said they would depend on ad-hoc staff, adding that most of the staff would be recruited from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), students from the universities as well as staffers of the federal agencies in the state.
The REC further disclosed that the headquarters had plans to provide additional vehicles to the state, adding that there would also be a comprehensive repair of the old vehicles with a view to ease the movement of registration materials and officials for the exercise.

Story From Desmond Mgboh/Kano
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