How To Join INEC During The 2015 Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) continues preparation for the February 2015
general elections. The whole democratic world would
be looking at Nigeria soon, so the commission is
counting on every citizen.
Currently the INEC look for ad hoc staff in order to
get the electoral processes going.
Naij.com has studied the positions being offered, the
scope of work and, the most important part, how to
apply.
The commission offers six types of positions. They
are State Constituency Returning
Officers, Senatorial/National and State Constituency
Returning Officers, Local Government Area (LGA)
Collation Officers, Supervisory Presiding
Officers, Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding
Officers.
Both new applicants and people with previous
experience in electoral exercises can enrol and
participate. So, in fact, every person who meets the
criteria can try and join the INEC ADHOC Staff
Databank (IASD) .
The main point to keep in mind is that the free online
registration on the above-given site closes in less than 6
days.
Learn more on the positions and the criteria below:
1. STATE CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER
Scope of work:
Represent the Commission at State Constituency
Collation Center.
Receive and compile results from LGAs.
Announce the State result for Presidential Election and
submit result to the Chairman INEC.
And for Governorship Election, announce results make
a return of the winner.
Issue photocopies of result to party agents and security
agencies present.
Qualifications:
Must be a Serving Vice Chancellor of any University
or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High Court.
2. SENATORIAL/NATIONAL AND STATE
CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER
Scope of work:
Collate the results from Forms EC.8C received from
the LGA in the senatorial district/federal constituency
and RAs/LGAs within a state constituency and transfer
the final senatorial/house of representatives result as
recorded in Form EC. 8D to Form EC.8E.
Announce the results and declare the winner.
Issue photocopies of result to party agents and security
agencies present.
Submit original result sheet and report to the state
REC.
Qualifications:
Must be a Serving Professor in any Federal Tertiary
Institution or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High
Court.
3. LGA COLLATION OFFICER
Scope of work:
Collates and announces result at various level of collation
from polling units, RA/Ward level and State level.
Qualifications:
Must be a Lecturer of Federal Tertiary Institution or
a Member of the following Professional Associations:
a)NMA; b)ANAN; c)PSN; d)NSE; e)NIA;
f)NIQS.
4. SUPERVISORY PRESIDING OFFICER
Scope of work:
Receive materials from the EO on the eve of elections.
Distribute materials to all the presiding officers in his
RA.
Ensure proper retrieval of materials from the presiding
Officer.
Assist in the training of poll officials under him.
Address and solve any issues that may arise or refer to
the EO immediately.
Monitor early movement of the presiding officers to the
collation centre.
Collect the phone numbers and other details from the
presiding officers to ensure close communication all the
time.
Qualifications:
Must be an INEC Staff or Federal Public Servant
(Ministries, Departments and Agencies) Grade Level
10-14 at State Level. The person should have sufficient
knowledge of the RA of his assignment.
5. PRESIDING OFFICER
Scope of work:
Collect all materials from the SPO on eve of elections
and properly document them.
Supervise the Assistant Presiding Officers posted to the
Polling Unit.
Educate the voters on the election process and
arrangement of Polling Unit.
Add the results from the voting points, where available,
and declare the winning party at the end of the voting
process.
Paste a copy of the results at the Polling Unit.
Prepare and submit reports to a Supervisory Presiding
Officer.
Notes:
Shall be at the LGA two days before the election to
confirm posting.
Shall be in charge of the PU and paste all the
necessary materials such as postal, etc.
Qualifications:
Must be a serving NYSC Member.
6. ASSISTANT PRESIDING OFFICER (works under the
supervision of the Presiding Officer)
Scope of work:
Assist the PO to collect and document materials
received.
Ensure that there is flow and proper arrangements of
the voters.
Tick the name of the voter in the registry.
Assist with the sorting and counting of ballot papers and
materials.
May manage a voting point if needed.
Qualifications:
Must be a serving NYSC Member, Student of
penultimate year in Federal Tertiary Institutions,
Former NYSC Member that participated in 2011-date
Electoral activities or Federal Government Employee
Grade Level 07-09 possessing minimum of National
Diploma/equivalent at State Level.