THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to deploy 23,000 staff to conduct the general elections in Niger, according to Prof. Samuel Egwu, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner. Egwu told newsmen on Wednesday in Minna that most of the staff were ad hoc workers, while some were regular workers of the commission. “Already, we have trained the 23,000 electoral workers and equipped them with basic electoral knowledge for the exercise,” he said. The commissioner expressed hope that the exercise would be successful, “because we have plugged holes exploited by miscreants to cause confusion during elections”. ”We have also put in place security measures to guarantee the safety of electoral materials and our workers before, during and after the exercise,” he added.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2019 14:03 UTC