Sentences with phrase «election duty personnel»

He said, «All election duty personnel have sworn to an oath of neutrality and fairness to the process, and any infraction will attract severe sanctions from the commission».

The INEC boss said that the violent incidence included harassment, abduction and physical assaults of election duty personnel during the election.

Not exact matches

He urged the public to report any personnel of the corps who exhibited act of misconduct in the course of election duty, adding that disciplinary action would be adequately taken against such erring officer.

«While assuring all law - abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, the IGP warns all security details to refrain from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centres during the election, as only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places» the statement said.

«Only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places,» the statement read.

Vanguard however gathered that the attitude of many of the officers and soldiers being referred to, particularly those serving in the Southern part of the country, is not unconnected with recent investigations into the conduct of security personnel during the last general elections in the country whereby personnel who were performing their duties in accordance with the «laws of the land» are the victims of petitions and investigation, after allegedly «taking sides».

It will provide you with an understanding of key security procedures required to ensure safety of election officials on election duties and equip you with skill sets that would enable you balance the imperative of securing the electoral process with the need to allow voters unfettered opportunity to come out and cast their votes without fear or intimidation as a result of the presence of security personnel.»

The training of the ad hoc personnel who will participate in the elections has already been concluded and they have been mandated to be civil and courteous to voters, election observers and party agents in the course of performing their duties as election officials.»

He said that the political class should note that the bulk of INEC personnel deployed for election duties are young graduates doing their one - year compulsory National Youths Service Corps programme.