INEC cautions against fake ad hoc staff recruitment portal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against a purported portal for recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections.

INEC, in a message by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in Abuja, on Tuesday, said that the recruitment portal is fake, noting that the commission was no longer recruiting ad hoc staff for the 2023 elections, adding that the official website of the commission for recruitment had been shut down.

According to Oyekanmi, “the website/blog below is advertising ad hoc staff positions for the 2023 general election.

“However, the commission is no longer recruiting ad hoc staff for the 2023 General Election.

“The INEC ad hoc staff recruitment portal was officially shut down on Dec. 14 2022.

“Therefore, the site, with the URL – http://www.yournewclaims.com/Inec-Recriutment/ is fake. It is intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Nigerians should disregard it.”

The INEC had on October 5, 2022, raised alarm on similar fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site being circulated online.

The commission on September 7, 2022 announced that its official recruitment portal for 2023 general election (www.pres.inecnigeria.org) would be opened to the public on Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022 by 8 a.m. and would be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 14, by 8.00p.m.