Tales of woe by members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as ad-hoc workers nationwide for weekend’s botched elections continued yesterday.Many of the affected corps members told The Guardian that they were left helpless, having to sleep in the open, with some paying for shelter. They also claimed that their deployment was without provision for transport. In a telephone interview, he said: “We were over 200 corps members who came separately to the centre as ad-hoc staff on Friday evening without any assistance from INEC. “No transport allowance or accommodation was provided. The corps member also confirmed the non-payment of his N4,500 training allowance after stating that he footed the expenses all alone.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2019 02:37 UTC