Ahead of 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has unveiled the portal for the recruitment of adhoc staff.
Adhoc staff include – Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers, Registration Area Technicians, and Registration Area Centre Managers.
In a letter to all Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) signed by A. T. Yusuf, INEC Acting Secretary, the commission said the online portal for applications will open on September 14 at 8 am and close on December 14 at 8 pm.
The letter reads, “The commission has approved the use of INECPRES and its reactivation for interested applicants who wish to serve as ad-hoc staff for the 2023 general elections.
“Consequent upon the above, the commission has directed that all interested applicants with the exception of collation/returning officers must register on the INECPRES to be eligible for selection and deployment as ad-hoc staff in the 2023 general elections.
“To achieve the required number of ad-hoc staff per state, it is important that robust engagement/sensitisation by the Admin. Secs/HOD EOPs/EOs & AEOs under the leadership of the RECs is commenced with the authorities of Federal, State Tertiary Institutions and the NYSC offices (state/government levels).
“The INECPRES is available via 2 links located on the INEC website: www.inecnigeria.org (a link for the Mobile App and the other link is for the web portal).
“The URL of the registration web portal is https://pres.inecnigeria.org. The download link for the INECPRES Mobile App installer (android phones only) is https://inecpres.app.com/pres.
“The help desk/technical support details — Vanity number: 0700-CALL-INEC; Email address: pres@inec.gov.ng. Other helpdesk mobile numbers are as indicated on the portal”, it added.