INEC TO TRAIN 1.4 MILLION AD HOC STAFF
Written by Website Admin on September 27, 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is set to train 1.4 million ad hoc staff ahead of the 2023 general election.
This was disclosed at the two-day capacity building workshop by the Institute for INEC Press Corps on critical issues in the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Commission’s Processes, Innovations, Preparations for the 2023 General Election.
The Director-General of the Institute, SA’AD IDRIS said that INEC will train about 17,685 Supervising Presiding Officers; 707,384 Presiding Officers/Assistants; about 11,083 Collation Officers; about 12,991 Registration Area Technical Officers; about 20,000 security officers; and 6,009 Registration Area Centres Managers.
The DG noted that training of ad hoc staff will be done with utmost commitment to delivering free and fair elections in 2023.