EKSIEC FIXES DEC 12 FOR EKITI LG POLLS, OPENS DOOR FOR AD-HOC STAFF
.... Calls for returning officers, presiding officers, poll clerks, orderlies
The Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, December 12, 2026, for the election of chairmen and councillors across the 16 Local Government Councils and 22 Local Council Development Areas in Ekiti State.
The Chairman of the commission, Hon. Justice C. I. Akintayo (Rtd), who announced the timetable in a public notice, said the commission will require the services of ad-hoc staff for a successful conduct of the election. He named the roles to include Local Government Returning Officers, Ward Returning Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Poll Clerks and Poll Orderlies.
Justice Akintayo said applicants for Local Government Returning Officers must be serving lecturers or professors in any tertiary institution, or principals or their equivalent. Ward Returning Officers must be senior public servants on Grade Level 14 and above, while Supervisory Presiding Officers must be public servants on Grade Level 12 and above. Presiding Officers must be BSc, BA, B.Ed or HND holders, and Poll Clerks and Poll Orderlies must possess SSCE, NECO, NABTEB or their equivalents.
The chairman directed interested candidates to apply in writing to the Electoral Officers in their Local Government Council or Local Council Development Area of choice. He said the application must contain the applicant’s phone number, home address, position applied for, passport photograph, photocopy of credentials and relevant promotion letters.
The notice was signed by Hon. Justice C. I. Akintayo (Rtd), Chairman, Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission, Ado-Ekiti, and dated October 12, 2026.
