The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State has raised the alarm over dearth of ad-hoc staff, ahead of next month’s general elections. Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the observation during a meeting of the Commission with traditional rulers in the state. Orji explained that the commission had been experiencing difficulty in convincing the ad-hoc staff, who he said would be partly drawn from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and undergraduates. He said, “We’ve written to tertiary institutions in the state to make use of their students for the election, but it has not been easy convincing some of them for fear of outbreak of violence.” The INEC commissioner, however, allayed fears of insecurity in the state, stressing there was no need to panic over security challenges in the state. He added that there was no incident of casualties during the 2017 governorship election in the state, saying t...