By Princess-Ekwi Ajide
Interested and eligible citizens have been advised to apply as ad-hoc staff for Ekiti and Osun governorship elections billed for June 18 and July 16 respectively on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) online portal.
The portal, with the link, http://pres.inecnigeria.org, which came live on Monday at 12:00am, is expected to close on Sunday April 24 at 12:00 midnight.
INEC via its website asked interested qualified persons to log into the portal, fill and complete the application form online for consideration as Ad-hoc staff in the election for all categories of Ad-hoc staff EXCEPT Collation Officers.
Some of the available positions on INEC website include: Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), Registration Area Center (RAC), Manager Presiding Officer (PO), Assistant Presiding Officer (APO), and Registration Area Technical Support (RATECH) with requisite eligibility criteria.
A statement by the Commission urged all Applicants to visit the Eligibility Page, where they will review the qualification/criteria necessary for any Election Staff Position of interest.
It stressed that applicants who have previously applied ONLINE for any ad-hoc position prior to this election are to click on the “LOGIN” button, while fresh applicants who have not applied online for an Ad-hoc position prior to this election were advised to click on the “REGISTER” button and encouraged citizens to access more information on the process on the INEC website www.inecnigeria.org.
