By Gbemiga Olamikan.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved mandatory retirement of Directors in the service who has served for eight years as directed by Federal Government.
This was contained in a statement signed by National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun on Wednesday 27th, December, 2023.
Olumekun stated that “following the Federal Government Circular HSCF/SPSO/268/T3/2/37 issued on 27th July 2023, the Commission has approved the implementation of a policy mandating all Directors with eight years or more of service to retire from the public sector”.
He revealed that with “this directive, four Directors of the Commission will proceed on terminal leave” he said two of them are serving as Heads of Departments at the National Headquarters, while the other two are deployed as Administrative Secretaries in our State offices.
Olumekun said it’s important to note that Clinical Officers in the medical cadre are exempt from this policy, as clarified in Circular MH. 7205/T/31 dated 7th September 2023. He said the Commission wishes the affected Directors the best as they retire from service.
