The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that it has adequate manpower to conduct the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Awka.
Orji dismissed media reports that hundreds of ad hoc workers recruited for the Anambra election resigned en-masse, said there is no truth in the publication.
“INEC is still in the process of recruiting the ad hoc workers; in fact we just finished the last training before this false report.
“As the head of the commission in Anambra, I am telling you authoritatively that we have more than enough manpower for the conduct of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra,” he said.
The INEC chief explained that none of the ad hoc workers being recruited has been given engagement letters.
“If we have not issued letters to them, how then can any of them resign?” he asked.
Orji said it is unfair for the mass media to be aiding publications capable of causing more tension in the polity.
He said a lot of people in the country are looking for work to do so as to improve their lives, adding that it is bad to publish stories capable of frightening the poor masses.
“Taking INEC jobs during elections has been one means for people who do not have permanent jobs to earn little money.
‘’Publishing negative report that will scare them is so bad,” Orji said.
– NAN