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Thousands of job
seekers yesterday besieged the Ogun State office of the Independent
National Electoral Commission {INEC} to fill vacancies for which their
numbers vastly outnumbered.

The applicants, who
had earlier applied online, are seeking for employment as Legal
Officers, Executive Officers, Data Operators and Store Officers.

On arrival at the
Oke-Mosan office of the Commission, the applicants, who were locked
outside the gate of the commission to prevent them from bombarding the
premises, had to embark on what was described as general registration,
whereby they {applicants} registered their identities before they were
called in a batch for interview.

The job seekers include graduates of National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Bsc. holders.

Some nursing
mothers were not left out, as they were seen with their babies under
the scorching sun, waiting for their turn for the interview.

Attempts to speak with the commission’s management proved abortive,
as they were said to be busy. But most of the applicants who spoke on
condition of anonymity said their fear was that the exercise may be
reduced to ‘who knows who.’ “Some of us just came to try our luck, we
don’t have any godfather except God, and with God all things are
possible, so we should not lose all hope,” one of the applicants said.
But talking seriously, one should not be 100 percent optimistic,
because those who will be employed may likely have had their names
pencilled down already.”