The Independent National Electoral Commission, Sunday explained reason for the delay for the payment of adhoc staff in the Ondo State Governorship election.
Ondo Governorship poll took place on November 16 2024 but barely a month after adhoc staff that conducted the election were yet to get the allowances leading to protest.
INEC’s spokesman in the state, Dr Temitope Akanmu denied the allegation, saying the commission had commenced the payment of allowances to the ad-hoc staff who took part in the governorship election.
According to him, the delay in the payments of some of the ad-hoc staff was a result of the problems with their financial institutions.
Akanmu explained, “We have paid the ad-hoc staff who worked during the election. But we understand that there are some who have issues with their banks, and we are working with them to resolve whatever problems they might be experiencing.
“So, what we have is just a pocket of challenges that is common with banking errors. The few ones who are yet to receive them will get them soon, I can assure them. The REC, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, is mostly concerned about it, which has to deal with banking errors. She has instructed that it be fixed.”
