No fewer than 10 INEC directors have retired from service after attaining the mandatory 60 years of age or 35 years of service.
The 10 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were heading different departments.
Speaking at the send-forth for the directors in Abuja on Sunday, INEC National Commissioner, Mohammed Adams, congratulated them for the retirement.
“As you retire you shouldn’t at any time worry yourself about the past, but the future.
“Don’t think this is the end of the road. This is actually the beginning of another journey of your lives because you are all professionals in your respective fields,” he said.
Adams advised them to use their retirement to engage in meaningful activities that would yield them good income.
“We should be happy with whatever position you find yourself; be grateful to God and create a niche for yourself,” he said.
The INEC secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, commended the retired directors for their hard work and dedication to service.
Oriaran-Anthony, represented by Maryam Musa, the director, INEC Secretariat, congratulated them and whished them well in their future endeavours.
The INEC director of Training, Binta Kasim, encouraged the retirees to use their retirement to engage in whatever they derived pleasure in doing.
“We have a lot of people who have who still made a lot of achievements after retirement including the owner KFC, some others wrote books that fetched them good money,” Kasim said.
