The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that the commission would engage 530,538 security agents during the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this on Tuesday while briefing the members of the Chatham in London. He explained that the commission required 1,265,227 external officials ahead of the 2023 elections, and that it had completed 11 of the 14 activities in the exercise's timelines.
Over 500,000 Security Personnel To Be Deployed To Polling Booths For General Elections — Electoral Body, INECYakubu stated this on Tuesday while briefing the members of the Chatham in London.
The Senate stated that the electoral body had no excuse in terms of the required credibility of the upcoming general elections because the upper chamber had met all of the commission's requirements. Yakubu stated, “For the 2023 general elections, the commission requires at least 707,384 presiding and assistant presiding officers, about 17,685 supervisory presiding officers, 9,620 collation/returning officers as well as 530,538 polling unit security officials, making a total of 1,265,227.
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