Rivers LG poll: RSIEC dismisses claims of non-payment by unlisted ad-hoc staff
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, has dismissed claims circulating on social media and radio broadcasts by individuals alleging non-payment of stipends for work done during the recently concluded Local Government Council Elections in the state.
In a statement on Friday, the Chairman and Chief Electoral Commissioner of RSIEC, Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, clarified that all genuinely recruited ad-hoc staff were listed in widely circulated publications, including Rivers State-owned newspapers.
The statement affirmed that all ad-hoc staff, including “Local Government Returning Officers, Ward Returning Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, and Poll Clerks who served across the 23 Local Government Areas, 319 Wards, and 6,866 Polling Units, have been fully paid”.
However, the Commission noted that some individuals who applied for positions as Assistant Poll Clerks and Poll Monitors but were not enlisted forced their way into polling centers on election day, expecting payment
