By Akombo Aondona, Abuja
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an in-house cleansing exercise aimed at thwarting possible compromise by its members of staff who have had a long spell at same branches or units of the electoral umpire’s offices across the country.
Consequently, such members of staff have been ordered to move to other states in a massive redeployment spread nationwide.
Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee at INEC, Festus Okoye, announced this development via a media statement he made available to The Dream Daily Newspaper in Abuja on Thursday, 24 February, 2022.
The statement reads in full:
“The Commission met today Thursday 24th February 2022 and deliberated on a number of issues, including the deployment of staff across the country to ensure efficient and optimal performance.
“The affected staff are either serving in their States of origin or have served for between 10 and 32 years in the same State. The Commission considers this development as unhealthy for the sensitive responsibilities they discharge. In line with the Commission’s existing posting policy, henceforth no Head of Department (HoD) or Electoral Officer (EO) shall serve in his/her State of origin. Furthermore, no staff shall serve for more than two electoral cycles in the same duty post.
“Consequently, the Commission has identified 186 staff for immediate redeployment. Among them are 46 HoDs who are either serving in their States of origin or served for more than two electoral cycles in the same State as well as 140 EOs serving in their States of origin or served for more than two electoral cycles in the same State.
“The redeployed staff are to complete the handing and taking over not later than Wednesday 9th March 2022.
“This will be an ongoing exercise that will extend to other categories of staff in the Commission’s Headquarters, State and Local Government offices nationwide,” Okoye concluded.
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