INEC ad hoc staff protest in Akwa, lock state headquarters

It was a show of shame yesterday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, as about 150 ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, during the 2015 general elections, besieged the Commission’s state headquarters in Awka, demanding their unpaid allowances, and locking up the secretariat in the process.

Some of the ad hoc staff said while some of them received the first tranche, others had not received anything since the March 28 and April 11, 2015 elections.

According to the protesting ad hoc staff, after several visits to the Commission, they were asked to compile their names or bring their bank statements for verification, yet nothing happened.

The protesters therefore stormed the state INEC headquarters in Awka and barricaded the gate, demanding their money, alleging that while ad hoc staff of other states had received their money, INEC workers in Anambra State had refused to pay.

The protesters, who contributed money to buy a padlock and chain, locked the gate, with the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr. Edwin Nwatarali and his staff inside their offices.

Security operatives, who had a time convincing the protesters to vacate the commission’s headquarters, released teargas to disperse them.

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