INEC staff least paid in Nigeria – Amupitan

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said staff of the commission are the least paid workers in the country.

The INEC boss disclosed this while presenting the commission’s preparations for the 2027 general elections at a World Press Conferencein Abuja today October, 6.

He said the commission had taken steps to improve the welfare of its personnel, noting that better remuneration was necessary to make staff accountable for their responsibilities.

“INEC staff are the least paid in Nigeria. So, we felt if we want to demand and hold our staff responsible, we should give them a living wage and that is why have taken some radical step to ensure the welfare of INEC staff is prioritized. We are not called civil servants. What we have learned under the civil service payment structure, which we have just removed INEC from, is to have their own separate structure, electoral structure, and separate salary structure from the civil service,” he said

Amupitan said the commission had identified several gaps within the electoral system and was taking steps to address them.

“There are many others that we have discovered. And we felt that if they address all, it will be able to solve some of the problems we have with the system,” he said.

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