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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members to be deployed in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election of their safety and prompt payment of election duty allowances.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, said nobody would hold back their election duty allowances.
He said that the issue of welfare and safety of the corps members serving as election ad hoc staff remained paramount to the commission and security agencies.
Amupitan described the corps members as key stakeholders working with INEC for the success of the election.
“We are doing everything to ensure that we use them in uniform so that they can distinguish them from others, and we don’t use people within, who are already partisan.
“As far as their allowances are concerned, we made an agreement. Let me also say that the commission has provided everything.
“Everything that we need for this Anambra election, I think the commission has provided everything.
“If there’s anything, maybe it’s a balance of whatever, but all those things will be adequately addressed, including allowances for corpers,’’ he said.
On security arrangements for the safety of the corps members, Amupitan said the security agencies for election under the coordination of the Nigerian Police already assured INEC that it had been made, to protect people on election duties.
“Even as we speak, some of them are already doing what we call raking the ground in various places. Some of them will not just do raking, they will do mopping later.
“So, those are various security arrangements that have been put in place to ensure the safety, not just of the voters, of the poll officials.
“As far as security is concerned, I believe that we have done everything within our means to ensure security everywhere,’’ he said.
Anambra election: Your safety, allowance guaranteed – INEC assures NYSC members
