No fewer than four Directors in the Independent National Electoral Commission are expected to quit service.
The four were swept off by the current eight-year tenure policy of the Federal Government.
The Commission had approved the implementation of a policy mandating all Directors with eight years or more of service to retire from the public sector, following the Federal Government Circular HSCF/SPSO/268/T3/2/37 issued on 27th July 2023.
Sam Olumekun,National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
Olumekun said two of the director who are at the headquarters while the two others are deployed as Administrative Secretaries in our State offices.
They are to proceed on terminal leave, the Commission stated.
He stated, “As per this directive, four Directors of the Commission will proceed on terminal leave. Two of them serve as Heads of Departments at the National Headquarters, while the other two are deployed as Administrative Secretaries in our State offices. However, it’s important to note that Clinical Officers in the medical cadre are exempt from this policy, as clarified in Circular MH. 7205/T/31 dated 7th September 2023.”
The Commission, he therefore said “wishes the affected Directors the best as they retire from service.”
