…no room for indiscipline
The newly redeployed resident electoral commissioner for Osun State, Barrister Mutiu Olaleke Agboke has said that absent electoral officers, who are not in their designated offices will have to resign.
The renowned lawyer made this known at a press briefing to officially welcome him to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office on Friday in Osogbo.
Agboke said “working with me requires being smart, agile and ready to work at all time, there’s no room for indiscipline or dullness. Electoral officers who have traveled abroad or are absent from work, will have to resign, so we can give the job to those who are willing to do it right and diligently”.
“For every workers of government, there’s need for you to ensure that your attitude to ready to work is taken seriously in line with the rules of engagement, public service rules encourage you to ensure that you’re dutiful and you avoid truancy”.
“People enjoy good salary but are not responsible at their various desks, so for us in INEC, INEC is known for serious business ,you must be very responsible”
He implores staff to ensure that they step up their consciousness for being responsible, he said “being responsible is very important because we are moving towards the 2023 elections, if you’re lackadaisical now ,what attitude are you going to carry into the election period”.
Speaking with the newsmen, the new honorable commissioner said in preparation of the forthcoming elections, capacity building trainings will be organised so as to sensitize them on regulations contained in the books for them to know what to do and what not to do.
“INEC is a very special organisation, because of the nature of the job that we do, our staff cannot afford to not be up and doing ,we expect them to do more and we hope that before the general elections they will be better”, he concluded.
The INEC administrative secretary, Alani Salam officially welcomed the new REC to the office, listing their past activities, present ones, and other activities for the future put together to sensitize the residents, to have a free, fair and credible elections in 2023.
Salam implored the staff of the office to be diligent in thier works and be enthusiastic, in order to have a conducive environment for the new Commissioner and themselves.
Agboke will be replacing the former REC, Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, whose tenure expired shortly after conducting the Osun State governorship election.
