The Independent National Electoral Commission said it would deploy a total of 2,338 staff for the conduct of the bye-elections in Nasarawa and Kwara States on May 28.
This was contained in the commission’s daily bulletin issued on Thursday in Abuja.
The by-elections will be conducted into Nasarawa-Toto Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State and Oke-Ero State Constituency of Kwara State.
A breakdown of the total figure shows that the Commission will deploy 2,012 election officials for the Nasarawa/Toto election.
The Federal Constituency has two Local Governments, 27 Registration Areas, 256 Polling Units and a total of 207,448 registered voters, with a total of 429 Voting Points.
The breakdown of election officials to be deployed in the Nasarawa/Toto election, according to the commission, were one Returning Officer, two Local Government Collation officers and 27 Registration Area Collation Officers.
The figure also includes 256 Supervisory Presiding Officers; 1,287 Presiding Officers; 302 Assistant Presiding Officers; 79 Reserve APOs; two Local Government Supervisors; 28 Registration Area Supervisors and and one Constituency Supervisor.
It also stated that for the Oke-Ero State Constituency election, INEC would deploy a total of 326 electoral officials.
The figure, according to the commission, includes one Returning officer, 10 Registration Area Collation Officers, 10 Supervisory Presiding Officers, 63 Presiding Officers and 207 Assistant Presiding Officers I, II and III.
Others are 12 Assistant Presiding Officers; 11 Reserve APOs; 11 Registration Area Supervisors and one Constituency Supervisor.
Oke-Ero State Constituency is made up of one Local Government, 10 Registration Areas, 63 Polling Units, 29,607 Registered Voters and 69 Voting Points.
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