As the 2023 general election approaches, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has alerted Nigerians of a fake adhoc staff recruitment portal.
INEC gave the warning in a statement signed by the secretary to the commission’s Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to Oyekanmi, the portal was fake as the commission was no longer recruiting for the election as its official website for recruitment had been shut down.
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 December 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.”
INEC had on October 5, 2022 raised alarm on similar fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site being circulated online.
The commission had on Sept. 7, 2022, announced that its official recruitment portal for 2023 general election (www.pres.inecnigeria.org) would be opened to the public on Wednesday September 14, 2022 by 8 am and would be closed on Wednesday, December 14, by 8pm.