OPEN LETTER BY CORPS MEMBERS TO INECWith
due honor and respect, corps members across the
country request the intervention of INEC national
chairman, Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, on
non payment of corps members for election as
INEC Ad hoc staffs.Sir, corps members from
different states across Nigeria wish to inform you
of non payment of our stipends as INEC Ad hoc
staffs. Corps members across the country received
different amounts as stipend which has been
causing so much confusion. We think all corps
members are supposed to be paid the same
amount as stipend and at the same time but the
reverse is the case. Training allowance is to be
paid at the conclusion of the training but it is so
unfortunate that some corps members in some
states across the country have not been paid their
training allowance. Some were paid for the first
training alone, some were paid just 4,000 instead
of 4,500for the first training and all sorts of things.
[4/2, 3:07 PM] +234 816 339 5905: To make this
clear to you sir, we give these states as examples
with the amount they have received since the first
day of their INEC training till date;Abia state: some
corps members in this state have received N4,500
+ N3,000 + N4,000 making a total of 11,500 while
some have just received N4,500 for the first
training alone.Abuja (FCT): some corps members
in the federal capital territory have been paid
N4,500 as the firsttraining allowance while some
have not received anything at all.Cross River state:
some corps members received N4,395 as the first
training allowance while somehave not received
anything at all.Delta State: Corps members in this
state have not received anything at all even the
training allowance.Ebonyi state: some corps
members have received N4,500 + N13,000 making
N17,500 while some have just received N4,500 for
the first training alone.Kogi state: some corps
members in this state have received N9,000 while
some have received nothing.Lagos state: corps
members in this state have notreceived any
allowance at all.Ondo state: Some corps members
in this state have received N4,500 as their first
training allowance while some have not received
anything at all.Having gone through all these sir,
we think you understand much. Why the allowance
being paid does varies with states. Some states
INEC officials were just trying to embezzle the
money or doing business with the money. All
Corps members supposed to have received N7,500
as the training fee and half of the money for the
election by now as promised but it is unfortunate
that this is not the case.We have obeyed the
clarion call as NYSC anthem says by submitting
and surrendering ourselves topartake in the
election and to have gone through such stress so
as to make sure the elections were free and fair.All
corps members across the country hereby seek for
your intervention in urging the concernedpeople to
pay all the corps members our full training
allowance of N7,500 and the remaining allowances
we are entitled to be paid.We shall be very grateful
if this application is urgently and favorably
considered.Thanks.ALL CORPS MEMBERS