The Independent National Electoral. commission (INEC) has commenced training of electoral officers who will conduct the February 3, 2024 by-elections across the country.
The training which started on Thursday, January 18, with the Training of Trainers as part of build up for the elections was organised by the Electoral Institute.
The Trainers will be involved in the training of Election Officials and adhoc Staff.
The Trainers comprised of TEI Trainers, selected staff from collaborating departments ( ICT and Electoral Operations) who came to enlighten the Trainees on Innovations recently Introduced into the election process, while State Training Officers (STOs) also joined the ToT via ZOOM.
Director General of the Electoral Institute, Sa’ad Umar Idris said the workshop’s objective was to ensure that at the end of the training, participants would be able to organise and achieve detailed and effective training in all the affected states.
He said that at the end of the exercise, Participants who are coordinating trainers are expected to demonstrate the ability to effectively train SPOs as well as Presiding officers and Assistant Presiding officer (POs/APOs) on billing and counting procedures.
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They are also to get themselves acquainted to operating the BVAS, have the capacity to upload election result on INEC Result portal using INEC Results Viewing Device ( IREV)
He asked participants to acquaint themselves with innovations/ new initiatives so they can easily pass the knowledge to the Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers who would be working closely with some of them on Election day.
The DG further admonished participants to focus on the training as it was designed to galvanize their skills to further enhance the credibility of the Electoral process in country.
He highlighted some of the innovation the Institute has introduced into the Electoral process like the E-learning platforms and INEC Training bot which was used during 2023 General Elections to enhance training and capacity building for election Personnel.
He urged the Trainers to highlight these E- platforms during the trainings in the respective states.