Ogun Electoral Body To Engage 15,000 Adhoc Staff For LG Poll
The Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Babatunde Osibodu, says over 15,000 ad hoc staff will be engaged for the forthcoming local government elections scheduled to be held on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
The chairman was quoted to have said that the temporary personnel to be recruited “have crucial roles at ensuring voters are verified on time, ballot boxes well positioned and distributed, as well as ensure result collation after the voting exercise.”
Osibodu said, “Arrangements are in top gear for the recruitment exercise. There are over 5,000 polling units across the 20 local government areas of the state, with at least, three staff deployed to each polling unit.”
The chairman, while maintaining that the recruitment process would be transparent and merit-based, emphasised that “applicants must meet specific criteria for each job role.”
He underscored OGSIEC’s commitment to the success of the LG elections in the state, assuring that the ad-hoc staff would be trained on their job functions, to ensure a smooth electoral process.
In an interview with some of the applicants who came to submit their applications for the ad-hoc roles, Mrs Yemisi Lawrence and Mr Olamilekan Kareem from Abeokuta South, as well as Imeko Afon Local Governments, respectively, lauded OGSIEC for making the recruitment exercise public.
Both were said to have promised to work diligently to achieve a credible election if considered for the job
