The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC),said 1,200 ad-hoc staff were engaged by the
Commission in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, for the general elections.
Mrs Zainab Gbefwi, the INEC Electoral Officer for the council area, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during training of the ad-hoc personnel on Wednesday in Kuje.
According to her, the selected ad-hoc
staff are serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, students
of the University of Abuja and ex-NYSC corps members in the area.
The Commission is fully ready for the 2019
general elections and we are training about 1, 200 ad-hoc personnel for
the success of the elections.
We will also caution them on the
dangers and consequences of electoral malpractice to avoid any breakdown
of law and other during elections, she said.
The electoral officer said that no true
democracy could be achieved without the inclusion of all critical
stakeholders in the society into the electoral process.