ECSL Extends Verification for Polling Staff Payment

Freetown, August 25, 2023 – The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to extend the verification period for ad-hoc polling staff payment across the nation.

The move aims to expedite the disbursement of payments to polling staff members. The joint verification exercise, which covers all 16 districts in the country, will now continue until Friday, September 1, 2023.

To ensure an efficient process, the verification exercise will observe a brief break on Sunday, August 27, 2023, and will then resume on Monday, August 28, 2023.

Polling staff members who are yet to undergo the verification process are strongly urged to take advantage of this extended window for physical verification.

The ECSL call center will remain operational, receiving incoming phone calls until Friday, September 8, 2023, offering further assistance to polling staff.

Polling staff members can verify their details by contacting the following numbers:

National

1. +232-90-077-108
2. +232-90-077-109

District Numbers

• Kailahun:
  • Kenema: +232-90-077-133 or +232-90-077-142
  • Kono: +232-90-077-134 or +232-90-077-136
• Bombali: +232-90-077-143 or +232-90-077-152
• Falaba and Koinadugu: +232-90-077-162 or +232-90-077-148
• Tonkolili: +232-90-077-147 or +232-90-077-144
• Kambia: +232-90-077-149 or +232-90-077-163
• Karene: +232-90-077-158
• Port Loko: +232-90-077-140, +232-90-077-154, or +232-90-077-159
• Bo: +232-90-077-1350 or +232-90-077-138
• Bonthe: +232-90-077-153 or +232-90-077-139
• Moyamba: +232-90-077-137 or +232-90-077-155
• Pujehun and Western Rural: +232-90-077-157
• Western Urban: +232-90-077-132, +232-90-077-145, +232-90-077-146, or +232-90-077-156

The extended verification exercise is specifically aimed at completing the verification process for all polling staff who participated in the June 24, 2023, polls.

Polling staff who have yet to undergo verification are encouraged to visit ECSL District Offices between Monday, August 28, and Friday, September 1, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. It’s important to note that September 1, 2023, is the official cut-off day for physical verification, and September 8, 2023, marks the end of Call Center Operations related to the exercise.