INEC insures 20,000 ad hoc staff against death, others
The Independent National Electoral Commission disclosed that it has insured all its staff and the 20,974 ad hoc staff that will carry out the September 19 governorship election in Edo State.
Similarly, the electoral umpire said a comprehensive insurance had been put in place for them and those who would serve in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, noted that the electoral officers would be insured against deaths and other election hazards.
There about 15 political parties that will participate in the election, but the two major parties in the state; the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party, continue to bicker over plots by supporters of the parties to foment trouble during the exercise.
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, had cautioned the candidates of the PDP, Governor Godwin Obaseki; that of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and some other party chieftains over the pockets of political violence and tensed political atmosphere in the state.
However, in a bid to assure its personnel of its commitment to their safety in the forthcoming polls, Okoye said personnel of the commission were already insured but that the ad hoc staff would be insured.
