With voting commencing at 8:00am, voters in Agboyi Ketu Local Council Development Area, Kosofe, Lagos are yet to begin voting process as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have not arrived the various polling units in the area.
As at the time of filling this report (11:00am), no INEC ad hoc staff were seen in all the polling units 037, 035, 031, 036, 012 ward A and Ward B, Agboyi Ketu LCDA, which our correspondent visited.
Many of the voters who spoke to our correspondent bemoaned the absence of the electoral officers, which they described as unacceptable.
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While many of the voters could not assert reasons why the officials were not around as at the time of filling this report, findings by our correspondent revealed that the ad hoc staff action may be connected with delay in payment of the officials.
“I think why they (INEC ad hoc staff) have not been around since is because they haven’t been paid,” a resident, Oluchi, told our correspondent.
“Many of them complained they are being owed. And this was not so last time during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.”
Other residents, who spoke to our correspondent expressed disappointment in INEC.
“We have been here since 7:00am and till now (11:00am), no officials have arrived. This is not good at all.”
