Gov Polls: INEC Directs Edo, Ondo Offices to Reopen
POLITICSDIGEST- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed its offices in Ondo and Edo States to reopen immediately to prepare for the impending governorship elections in the two states.
The directive was contained in the guidelines it issued yesterday for the reopening of its offices nationwide, saying the working hours will now be from 8 am to 2 pm even as it advised members of staff to respect strictly the curfew hours from 8 pm to 6 am.
The commission added that workdays would be Monday, Wednesday and Friday, weekly, based on the guidelines issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
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The commission said all heads of offices -national commissioners, resident electoral commissioners, directors, and heads of departments/units – should create a rotational roster of duty to limit staff that come to work on a given day to enable maintenance of social distancing within the offices.
These are the high points of the guidelines released by the commission after an over six-week break to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the country.
According to the guidelines, the number of personnel working per shift at the commission’s main gate and the entrances of all the commissions’ offices should be reduced subject to consultation with the service providers.
INEC said the essential duty staff would continue to work as earlier approved by the commission, adding that only the staff that have cars are allowed to resume work.
The commission said that staff resident in distant places and who would have to commute by public transport should stay at home or work from home, while those that travel out of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) should remain at their destinations until the lifting of the ban on interstate travel.
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