I wonder why  a sane individual would choose to work in inec, i left inec last year, that period happened to be the happiest period in my life, i will list six reasons not to work in inec;

1) You are going to be brain drained and idle for the major part of your working life.
2) If u are going in as a graduate the highest u would earn is 45k.
3) U are going to experience the worst form of office politics know to man.
4) Your salary would be paid from the 10th- 14th of the next month.
5) No form of insurance, additional benefits etc.
6) You would only be useful once in 4 years, and that when staff begin to come to office hoping to get something from the election, u  definitely would get sometin but that would be on the discretion of your E.O (Electoral Officer).

Inec is advisable for lazy women who either have other buisness or just hopeless with life, for a guy i guess u must be in say grade level 12 and above or else u are a looser.

@Poster,
You may be right to a reasonable extent but:
Having worked in the same organization for some years before i left, i need point out the following:
1) While there you can use your idle time to advance your career
2) Under proper arrangement, you can have the time to attend to other concerns that can generate income (PP).
3) Finally, whatever time you spent there would be counted as 'post-qualification experience' when you have need to apply for another job!
Finally, everything for this life na 'how u position urself'!

I totally agreed with you both. I dont want to work with INEC both in a situation where there is no other alternative, what can we do? We should start something, from somewhere and later go somewhere just as you did.

some one once told me that level 8 or 9 earns up to 200K. is it true? i applied because i thought i could earn that much as a Registration Officer. Kindly help to clarify this please.

unite4real:

some one once told me that level 8 or 9 earns up to 200K. is it true? i applied because i thought i could earn that much as a Registration Officer. Kindly help to clarify this please.

To earn that kind of amount you definitely must be the asst commissioner or commissioner, level 8 pay is 45k as i wrote earlier while level 9 is 52k or thereabout, not too sure.

@poster, ur info is shocking. I thought it could be 100k+. Inec is independent & they get there funds frm Cons. Reven. Funds like the judiciary-one wonders how thre pay can be such a peanut as u stated. Is that the reasons why we dnt ve free & fair elections in the country? I mean, if the umpires is not well paid- i wonder wht wll make them deliver during elections. Honestly, i ve not heard on radio or tele that inec staffs re under paid. Poster, pls throw more light.

To earn that kind of amount you definitely must be the asst commissioner or commissioner, level 8 pay is 45k as i wrote earlier while level 9 is 52k or thereabout, not too sure.

what about allowances liike housing, wardrob and other goodies that may follow. do they have anything of such?