INEC debunks claim corps members are owed allowances | Nairalaw

With the reports of some Corps members protesting in some Local
Governments in Lagos, the Independent National Electoral Commission
in the state has come out to debunk allegations that the commission
was yet to pay the ad hoc staff during the Presidential
election.

Speaking with our correspondent in the INEC office in Yaba, the
spokesman for the commission, Mr Olufemi Akinbiyi, said corps
members who are yet to receive an alert of payment for the work
done during the presidential election were having issues with their
account.

“INEC is not giving any corps members cash, we have paid their
money into their bank accounts. Some have got the alert while some
are yet to because they might be having issues with their bank
details.

“Each corps member is entitled to N13,000 during the
Presidential and Governorship election making a total of N26,000.
Each of them has received their N4,500 training allowances,”
Akinbiyi said.

The INEC spokesman said some local government chairmen and
politicians promised to give corps members money in their local
governments which they have not fulfilled and that is why some of
them were protesting.