The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will deploy 33, 860 ad-hoc staff in Lagos State for the forthcoming general elections.
The INEC Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Mr Olufemi Akinbiyi, made this known to news men.
The general elections are to hold on February 14 and February 28.
Akinbiyi said that four ad-hoc workers would be used in each of the 8, 465 polling units in the state.
“We cannot talk of shortage of staff at this level. After the training of assistant presiding officers, training of presiding officers will be done at the various local governments.
“We will select the best and then have some reserve. There are going to be four officers per polling unit, and we have 8, 465 polling units in the state.
“In each polling unit, we will have a presiding officer and three assistants. The number of staff needed will even be more than that because we have not included returning officers and supervisory returning officers,” NAN quoted Akinbiyi to have said
