INEC to train electoral officials on use of card readers

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INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega



The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it would use the opportunity offered by elections rescheduling to organise extensive hands-on training on the use of card readers for its ad hoc staff.
The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, made this known in an interview in Abuja on Thursday.

He said they will come because they voluntarily applied for the job.
“With the voluntary application there is commitment to that. If they are not going to appear on that day they wouldn’t have applied.
“Even though the screening was in consultation with the NYSC Directorate, the application was voluntary,’’ he said.
Mr. Idowu assured that there would be no shortage of ad hoc manpower for the elections, saying that the commission had always made provision for extra ad hoc staff to meet emergencies.
(NAN) reports.

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