2023 polls: INEC to recruit 1,265,227 election duty officers, hire 100,000 buses, 4, 000 boats

February 7, 2023 Emeka Nze 0

 Preparatory to the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would need to recruit 707, 384 Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers, about 17, 685 Supervisory Presiding Officers, 9,620 Collation/Returning Officer, as well as 530,538 Polling Unit Security officials, making a total of 1,265,227.  It also stated that it would need to hire at least 100,000 Read More

2023: INEC promises increased allowances, safety to corps members 

February 3, 2023 Emeka Nze 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members participating in the 2023 elections would discharge their duties in comfort, safety, and security.  The management of NYSC had earlier called for the review of allowances being paid to corps members during elections. However, ahead of the polls, the newly appointed Director-General of the NYSC, Read More

JAMB explores digital optimisation software for UTME

November 28, 2022 Uji Abdulahi Iliyasu 0

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently held the third edition of its monthly seminar aimed at appraising its staff of those salient and critical operational processes and contemporary happenings in the education subsector. According to the statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin and presented to Blueprint Monday, the session afforded the Read More