The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said that staff of the commission are the least paid workers in the country. He recently had his say while presenting the commission’s preparations for the 2027 general elections at a World Press Conference.
Stressing that the commission has taken steps to improve the welfare of its personnel, Amupitan noted that better remuneration is necessary to make staff accountable for their responsibilities.
He added that INEC will keep taking very radical steps to prioritise the welfare of its staff.
His words, “INEC staff are the least paid in Nigeria. So, we felt if we want to demand and hold our staff responsible, we should give them a living wage.
We are not called civil servants. What we have learned under the civil service payment structure, which we have just removed INEC from, is to have their own separate structure, electoral structure, and separate salary structure from the civil service.
There are many others that we have discovered. And we felt that if they address all, it will be able to solve some of the problems we have with the system.
The issue of rerun is a constitutional matter. And as we are planning for the election, you have to plan for a rerun.”
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