Stephen Adewale
Ad-hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) detailed to coordinate the voting process at Agege Local government have failed to commence the voting exercise due to non-payment of their salaries.
KAFTANPOST correspondents who were at the Sango High School, opposite Agege Local Government witnessed the protest of the ad-hoc staff.
They insist that except they are paid N20,000 they are meant to collect, they will not go to the polling units to commence voting process.
One of the Ad-hoc who spoke to our correspondents lamented that they had to take the action because the INEC officials in the state refused to pay them their allowances for the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 23.
No pay, no work! We won’t work except the N20,000 due to us are paid in full.
We received N7,000 alert but we are not ready to be taken for granted again like they did during the presidential election,” the ad-hoc staff, who craved anonymity, said.
The INEC Supervisory Polling Officer (SPO) met at the primary school said there is nothing she can do about the situation as the available money has been shared at N7,000 per person.
“We have distributed materials since yesterday evening.
But they are insisting that they won’t commence the polling.
What can I do? Where am I going to get the N20,000 each which they are demanding?” the SPO said.
It was learnt that the security agencies were present while the Ad-hoc Staff were protesting peacefully.
There is heavy security presence in most of the areas, such as Egbeda, Oshodi, Ikeja, Agege, among others.
