The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says recruitment of ad hoc staff for the upcoming general elections will begin on 4 September 2022.
The announcement was made by INEC on Wednesday on its official Facebook page.
According to the official notice, the URL of the registration portal, INECPRES, will be opened to other categories of ad-hoc staff except for collation/returning officers for 78 days.
“The Commission has approved the re-activation of INECPRES both the Mobile App for Android phones only and the web portal (laptops only),” the notice read.
“To this end, the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-hoc staff (SPO/PO/APO/RATECHS/RAC Managers) except the Collation officers.
“The portal opens on Wednesday the 14th of September and ends on the 30th November, 2022.”
According to the electoral umpire, to be eligible for the staff online recruitment, applicants must not be a political party member; must not have demonstrated or expressed support for any candidate or party; and must reside in the state selected.
Furthermore, in a letter signed by A.T Yusuf, for the INEC Secretary, addressed to all Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), the commission requested the cooperation of all administrative secretaries, and heads of departments, among others, to attain the required number of ad hoc staff per state.
