Christy Ubah, the Acting Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said Corps members who will serve as ad hoc staff for INEC in this
She explained that it has become necessary to look at the allowances of the corps members in view of economic realities, saying that the current allowances cannot cater for them.
Ubah noted that the scheme has sensitised the corps members that their security was being taken care of already, saying state coordinators have also been directed to encourage corps members to register on the INEC portal for the ad hoc staff assignment. He added that the commission had introduced technology in the conduct of elections which would demand educated and tech-savvy people to handle, stressing that it becomes necessary to involve the corps members in the conduct of elections.
Prof Yakubu stated that the commission had included Corps members in the inter-agency consultative committee on election security at the state level where the state coordinators would work together with state Commissioners of Police to achieve a smooth process.
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