2023 Election: INEC Issues Fake Recruitment Portal Alert
- Nigerians have been warned to beware of scammers and fake INEC portals on recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 election
- The National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it was no longer recruiting ad hoc staff
- It was gathered that the recruitment exercise had been concluded on Wednesday, December 14 last year
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FCT, Abuja - In the build-up to next month's general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned Nigerians about fake recruitment portals for ad hoc staff.
According to PM News, Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary of INEC gave this warning in Abuja on Tuesday, January 3.
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He revealed that the commission was done with the recruitment of ad hoc staff and that those perpetrating the act of creating fake portals are fraudsters.
Oyekanmi said the main portal by INEC has been shut down by the commission since the conclusion of the recruitment exercise.
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He said:
“The website/blog below is advertising ad hoc staff positions for the 2023 general election.
“However, the commission is no longer recruiting ad hoc staff for the 2023 General Election.
“The INEC ad hoc staff recruitment portal was officially shut down on Dec. 14, 2022.
“Therefore, the site, with the URL – http://www.yournewclaims.com/Inec-Recriutment/ is fake. It is intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Nigerians should disregard it.”
Other attempts to scam Nigerians
Most recently in the last quarter of 2022, INEC issued an alert about a similar incident of a fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site
Meanwhile, INEC did open a portal for fake ad hoc recruitment exercises in the last month of the third quarter of 2022.
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The registration link (www.pres.inecnigeria.org) was made official to the public on Wednesday, September 14 exactly a week after it was announced and registration ended Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 20:00hrs Nigerian time.
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Meanwhile, Nigerians have been assured that the 2023 general election will be conducted as scheduled no matter the level of threat.
This was disclosed by the INEC commissioner and chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.
Okoye made this known as the electoral umpire is facing attacks on its facilities in different locations across the country.
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