News Update
No fewer than 17,000 adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who participated in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, have threatened to protest over non-payment of their allowances.
The ad-hoc staff were deployed by INEC across the state after undergoing technical training before the governorship election.
The electoral body had promised to pay them less than N20,000 for the work done on Election Day.
Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the adhoc staff lamented that they had not been paid their allowances after the governorship election.
Some of them, who spoke in confidence, berating the commission for their unpaid allowances.
One of the ad hoc staff, who served as a Supervisory Presiding Officer, SPO, expressed disappointment that the commission would make a promise and renege weeks after the election.
He said: “They are yet to pay our allowance as I speak with you. INEC is not speaking with us.
“They are not giving us listening ears at all. Many of us are affected and they are yet to pay. Sadly, INEC is yet to fulfil its promise of paying us.
“We are demanding the payment of our allowance or we storm the INEC office massively starting this week.”
Another ad hoc staff urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and other stakeholders to prevail on INEC to pay their allowances.
He said: “Other ad hoc staff, who are aggrieved by the ugly development, are planning to stage a peaceful protest at the INEC office.
“I’m also ready to join the protest if we do not receive the money before Tuesday because it’s getting late. They used and dumped us. The commission has no reason not to pay us.”
It’s banking problems — INEC
When contacted, the spokesperson for the commission in the state, Temitope Akanmu, said the commission had commenced payment of allowances to the ad hoc staff that took part in the governorship election.
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Akanmu said: “We have paid the ad hoc staff who worked during the election but we understand that there are some who have issues with their banks. We are working with them to resolve whatever problem they might be experiencing.
“So, what we have is just a pocket of challenges that is common with banking errors. The few ones who are yet to receive will get them soon I can assure them.”
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