Ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who participated in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, have vowed to protest the nonpayment of their allowances by the commission.
According to some of the 17,000 aggrieved ad hoc staff, who lamented their plight in Akure, the state capital, three weeks after the election, they were yet to receive any payment, with the electoral body remaining silent over the delay.
While speaking with newsmen about the development, some of the affected ad hoc staff, who wished to remain anonymous, disclosed that INEC had assured them during one of their training sessions that payment would be made on the day of the exercise, but they did not receive anything.
Speaking on the situation, one of the ad hoc staff, who served as a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), stated:
“They are yet to pay us our allowance. INEC…
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