Supplementary Polls: INEC To Deploy 404 Ad-hoc Staff In Plateau

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau State, yesterday said it would deploy 404 ad-hoc officials for the supplementary elections in nine local government areas in the state.
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Plateau, Mr Hussaini Pai, gave the figure at a town hall meeting, organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Jos.
He said that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), as well as senior staff of the commission and federal tertiary institutions would be deployed as presiding officers, collation and returning officers among others.
“As part of preparations for the supplementary elections, the commission held a stakeholders’ meeting with the leaders of political parties, electoral officers and the media, to discuss concerted efforts to make the exercise a success.
“The commission relies on the security services to provide a safe environment for the deployment of personnel and electoral materials to the 40 polling units,” he said.
The NPC Chairman, Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, said the meeting was held to reinforce the message of peace during the polls.
The chairman, who was represented by Mr Duke Anoemuah, a member of the committee, said the meeting was also meant to strengthen mutual confidence among stakeholders and politicians.