Edo Poll: INEC to Recruit 5,000 Lecturers

Edo State Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is to recruit 5,000 lecturers and undergraduates of the University of Benin and Auchi Polytechnic for the conduct of the July 14 governorship election.

INEC Head of Public Affairs, Mrs Priscillia Imoudu-Sule, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.

She said the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr Kassim Gaidam, would declare open the training of the selected persons at the Auchi Polytechnic, Etsako-West Local Government.

Imoudu-Sule explained that the management of both institutions was responsible for the selection of the lecturers and students to be used as INEC ad-hoc staff for the election.

She explained that the school authorities were critical about the character and moral standing of those selected.

Culled from VANGUARD

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