ANSIEC commences recruitment of adhoc staff ahead LGA elections

• On August 6, Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, sworn in the chairperson and members of the ANSIEC.
• The upcoming local government elections will be the first in 10 years, as the last such election was conducted in the state in 2014.

The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) says it has begun process for the conduct of the September 28 LGA elections in the state.

In a statement signed by the Chief Electoral Officer of the state, Mrs Genevieve Osakwe, the commission announced that it has started recruitment of adhoc staff for the election.

The statement read: “ANSIEC invites applications from interested eligible citizens of Anambra State for consideration and recruitment as Ad-hoc Staff to serve in various capacities in the forthcoming Local Government Council Election.

“Eligible candidates could be retired and serving Public Officers of the Federal and State Governments, academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions, Degree or HND holders, as well as OND holders or minimum of Secondary School Certificate holders

“The application, must be accompanied with two recent passport size photographs and bio-data, stating the name, age, gender, address of current employment status or last place of employment, three references one of which must be from present employment and letter of introduction from the Traditional Ruler/President General of their communities, among others, should be addressed to ‘The Chairman, Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission.’”

The commission listed the category of positions available to include: Local Government Returning Officers, Ward Collation Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Poll Clerks and Poll Orderlies.

She stated that applications for Local Government Returning Officers, Ward Collation Officers Supervisory Presiding Officers, and Presiding Officers should be submitted to ANSIEC, Headquarters, Awka, while applications for Poll Clerks and Poll Orderlies, are to be submitted at ANSIEC Local Government offices in all the 21 Local Government Areas.

The deadline for submission of the application was given as 25th August, 2024.