No fewer than 9,000 personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are threatening to boycott the February 25, 2023 general election over unpaid allowances for the past election duties. SaharaReporters reliably gathered that 9,000 officers of NSCDC who participated in the Osun and Ekiti states governorship elections in 2022 have yet to receive their allowances.
EXCLUSIVE: Over 9000 Nigerian Corps, NSCDC Personnel Threaten To Boycott Presidential Election Over Non-Payment Of Ekiti, Osun Election AllowancesSaharaReporters reliably gathered that 9,000 officers of NSCDC who participated in the Osun and Ekiti states governorship elections in 2022 have yet to receive their allowances.
SaharaReporters reliably gathered that 9,000 officers of NSCDC who participated in the Osun and Ekiti states governorship elections in 2022 have yet to receive their allowances. Speaking with SaharaReporters, the spokesman of the NSCDC, Shola Odumosu, who confirmed the nonpayment of the allowances to personnel who covered the elections of Ekiti and Osun states respectively, noted that the federal government hadn't released the money.He regretted that the money had not been paid up till now but noted that the leadership of NSCDC led by the Commandant General of NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, was still pursuing the money.
"We have explained this to them times without number. They should learn to have faith in the administration. There's no way under this regime of Dr Audi, our personnel will have their entitlement embezzled or misappropriated. As I am talking to you, you are a journalist; feel free to approach the Ministry of Finance and asked the status of Election monitor of Osun and Ekiti for NSCDC.
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