INEC withholds 630 workers' allowances over missing equipment

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has withheld the allowances of 630 ad hoc workers who participated in the November 6, 2021

Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, Resident Electoral Commissioner , INEC Anambra disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Awka.

“The commission has taken the unfortunate decision to withhold the allowances of staff involved in the act, pending their return of the materials to the commission”, he said. Orji said though some of the people holding the materials had started returning them, the commission resolved to place an order that people who worked from such affected areas would have their payments withheld.

He said, “INEC suspended CVR in Anambra on September 15, 2021 because of the November 6 governorship election in the state, but with the election successfully completed, the Commission has from today Tuesday January 25 lifted the ban”, he said.

 

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