9,314 applications has been received by the Fijian Elections Office during their Elections Official Recruitment Drive for the 2018 General Elections.
This has been highlighted by the Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem who says they are hoping to receive a total of 17,000 applications.
He says this will allow them to select 12,522 officials to be part of the elections.
Saneem also highlighted that they have received 5,074 applications in the Central Division, 2,885 in the Western Division and 1,355 in the Northern Division.
He says the recruitment has not started in the Eastern Division and will start in September for Kadavu and Levuka.
Saneem says they hope to get another 1,000 in the Western Division and 400 from the Northern Division.
The Supervisor of Elections says the 9,319 applications are sufficient to start the training process for the elections officials which will start next week.
He says each official will receive $45 per training process.
Saneem says the recruitment drive will conclude this Sunday.
