INEC Planning To Use N-Power Personnel For Elections -Wike

Rivers State Nyesom Wike, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against using N-Power personnel as ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the forthcoming general elections.
But INEC says they are not planning to use N-Power personnel for the elections.
The N-power is an intervention job-creation programme of the federal government. Thousands of young Nigerians across the nations are said to have been either trained for employment or employed directly by the federal government through the scheme.
“I hear INEC wants to use N-power personnel as Ad-hoc Staff for the elections. This is a ploy to rig the elections,” Mr Wike said on Monday at a political rally in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.
“N-power personnel will not be allowed to serve as INEC Ad-Hoc Staff in Rivers State. If you bring them, we will chase them away.”
Mr Wike, who accused President Muhammadu Buhari of initiating “mass unemployment” in the country, said all Nigerians should share in the blame because of “allowing a man without knowledge of the economy to emerge as President”.
“We took our future and mandate and handed over to people who don’t understand job creation,” he said.