THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has alerted the public of a purported ad hoc staff recruitment portal for 2023 general election, describing it as fake.
INEC said this in a release on its official social handles on Wednesday, urging members of the public to disregard the fake link.
“Our attention has been drawn to a fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site being circulated online.
“INEC official link: pres.inecnigeria.org and Inecpress-app.com/pres
“We implore Nigerians to disregard the fake link & avoid falling victims of swindlers,” it said.
Flashback
The Commission had on September 7, 2022 announced the commencement of recruitment of election staff in a post on its Facebook page. The commission had stated that it opened portal to receive applications from eligible applicants, asking those interested to apply.
It said the portal was to be active from Wednesday, September 14, 2022 and would be on until Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
The announcement reads:
“The Commission has approved the re-activation of INECPRES both the Mobile App for Android phones only and the web portal (laptops only).
“To this end the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-hoc staff (SPO/PO/APO/RATECHS/RAC Managers) except the Collation officers.
“The portal opens on Wednesday the 14th of September and ends on the 30th November, 2022.”
