How To Join INEC During The 2015 Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continues preparation for the February 2015 general elections. The whole democratic world would be looking at Nigeria soon, so the commission is counting on every citizen.

Currently the INEC look for ad hoc staff in order to get the electoral processes going.

Naij.com has studied the positions being offered, the scope of work and, the most important part, how to apply.

The commission offers six types of positions. They are State Constituency Returning Officers, Senatorial/National and State Constituency Returning Officers, Local Government Area (LGA) Collation Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers.

Both new applicants and people with previous experience in electoral exercises can enrol and participate. So, in fact, every person who meets the criteria can try and join the INEC ADHOC Staff Databank (IASD).

The main point to keep in mind is that the free online registration on the above-given site closes in less than 6 days.

1. STATE CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICERLearn more on the positions and the criteria below:

Scope of work:

• Represent the Commission at State Constituency Collation Center.
• Receive and compile results from LGAs.
• Announce the State result for Presidential Election and submit result to the Chairman INEC.
• And for Governorship Election, announce results make a return of the winner.
• Issue photocopies of result to party agents and security agencies present.

Qualifications:

Must be a Serving Vice Chancellor of any University or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High Court.

2. SENATORIAL/NATIONAL AND STATE CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER

Scope of work:

• Collate the results from Forms EC.8C received from the LGA in the senatorial district/federal constituency and RAs/LGAs within a state constituency and transfer the final senatorial/house of representatives result as recorded in Form EC. 8D to Form EC.8E.
• Announce the results and declare the winner.
• Issue photocopies of result to party agents and security agencies present.
• Submit original result sheet and report to the state REC.

Qualifications:

Must be a Serving Professor in any Federal Tertiary Institution or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High Court.

3. LGA COLLATION OFFICER

Scope of work:

• Collates and announces result at various level of collation from polling units, RA/Ward level and State level.

Qualifications:

Must be a Lecturer of Federal Tertiary Institution or a Member of the following Professional Associations: a)NMA; b)ANAN; c)PSN; d)NSE; e)NIA; f)NIQS.

4. SUPERVISORY PRESIDING OFFICER

Scope of work:

• Receive materials from the EO on the eve of elections.
• Distribute materials to all the presiding officers in his RA.
• Ensure proper retrieval of materials from the presiding Officer.
• Assist in the training of poll officials under him.
• Address and solve any issues that may arise or refer to the EO immediately.
• Monitor early movement of the presiding officers to the collation centre.
• Collect the phone numbers and other details from the presiding officers to ensure close communication all the time.

Qualifications:

Must be an INEC Staff or Federal Public Servant (Ministries, Departments and Agencies) Grade Level 10-14 at State Level. The person should have sufficient knowledge of the RA of his assignment.

5. PRESIDING OFFICER

Scope of work:

• Collect all materials from the SPO on eve of elections and properly document them.
• Supervise the Assistant Presiding Officers posted to the Polling Unit.
• Educate the voters on the election process and arrangement of Polling Unit.
• Add the results from the voting points, where available, and declare the winning party at the end of the voting process.
• Paste a copy of the results at the Polling Unit.
• Prepare and submit reports to a Supervisory Presiding Officer.

Notes:

• Shall be at the LGA two days before the election to confirm posting.
• Shall be in charge of the PU and paste all the necessary materials such as postal, etc.

Qualifications:

Must be a serving NYSC Member.

6. ASSISTANT PRESIDING OFFICER (works under the supervision of the Presiding Officer)

Scope of work:

• Assist the PO to collect and document materials received.
• Ensure that there is flow and proper arrangements of the voters.
• Tick the name of the voter in the registry.
• Assist with the sorting and counting of ballot papers and materials.
• May manage a voting point if needed.

Qualifications:

Must be a serving NYSC Member, Student of penultimate year in Federal Tertiary Institutions, Former NYSC Member that participated in 2011-date Electoral activities or Federal Government Employee Grade Level 07-09 possessing minimum of National Diploma/equivalent at State Level.

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