{"id":153677,"date":"2022-02-25T08:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=153677"},"modified":"2022-02-25T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:11:35","slug":"inec-orders-redeployment-of-staff-serving-in-states-of-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/25\/inec-orders-redeployment-of-staff-serving-in-states-of-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC orders redeployment of staff serving in states of origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has identified 186 staff members for immediate redeployment to ensure efficient and optimal performance.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Festus Okoye, chairman, information and voter education committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/18\/fct-minister-to-inec-work-on-your-bvas-machines\/\">INEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, those to be redeployed include head of departments and elections officials.<\/p>\n<p>The redeployment exercise will extend to other categories of staff in the commission\u2019s headquarters, state and local government offices nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe affected staff are either serving in their states of origin or have served for between 10 and 32 years in the same state. The Commission considers this development as unhealthy for the sensitive responsibilities they discharge,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the Commission\u2019s existing posting policy, henceforth, no Head of Department (HoD) or Electoral Officer (EO) shall serve in his\/her state of origin. Furthermore, no staff shall serve for more than two electoral cycles in the same duty post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the Commission has identified 186 staff for immediate redeployment. Among them are 46 HoDs who are either serving in their states of origin or served for more than two electoral cycles in the same state as well as 140 EOs serving in their states of origin or served for more than two electoral cycles in the same state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe redeployed staff are to complete the handing and taking over not later than Wednesday, 9th March 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has identified 186 staff members for immediate redeployment to ensure efficient and optimal performance. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Festus Okoye, chairman, information and voter education committee, INEC. 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