Corps members who are deployed as ad-
hoc staff of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, will not be
allowed to work in security-challenged
areas in the country, the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) has said.
Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC Director of
Press and Public Relations, said this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
in Abuja on Saturday, ahead of the
upcoming Governorship and House of
Assembly polls slated for March 9.
Adeyemi, who said that no corps member
died during the Presidential and National
Assembly Elections, which held on February
23, assured that the safety and security of
corps members remained a top priority for
the scheme.
She said that corps members would not be
posted to work as ad-hoc staff for the
March elections in any state or area of the
Federation that had been adjudged as
having security challenges.
According to Adeyemi, the NYSC do not
allow corps members work in any security
challenged area, whether it is for primary
assignment or for elections and INEC
understands that.
“Corps members are not allowed to work or
live in such areas and this is understood by
INEC. Once a place is adjudged and
declared as having security challenges,
corps members are not to serve there
either for elections or primary assignments.
“Their security is always considered by the
scheme during posting.
“We have seen reports in the media
claiming that corps members died during
the presidential and national assembly
elections.
“The NYSC Coordinator in Rivers already
addressed this issue and set the records
straight that no corps member serving as
INEC ad hoc staff died during the February
23 elections.
“There were pockets of violence in the
state but no corps member lost his or her
life.
“Before corps members are deployed as
INEC ad hoc staff, there must be an MoU
between the two organisations and as part
of the MoU, INEC is to provide welfare and
security for the corps members.
“Payment of remuneration is also fixed and
disbursed by INEC. The commission has
stated how much corps members are
entitled to and they also agreed that their
welfare, which includes transportation and
feeding, will be handled by them,†Adeyemi
said.
She said that the responsibility of the
scheme was to ensure that the
commission carried out to the letter, all
agreements signed by it.
Source:
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reveals-areas-corps-members-deployed-
inec-wont-work/
