Senate has confirmed the appointment of seven out of the Ten nominees of President Bola Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The other three nominees were not confirmed due to absence.
The nominees confirmed on Wednesday, November 1, are Mr Etekamba Umoren – Akwaibom; Mr Isha Ehimeakne from Edo; Barr. Oluwatoyin Babalola- Ekiti; Mr Abubakar Ahmed – Gombe; Shehu Wahab – Kwara; Aminu Idris – Nasarawa; Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq – Niger.
The approval follows Tinubu’s request for confirmation of the nomination of the RECs for INEC in accordance with the provisions of Section 154(1) of the Constitution.
Tinubu had approved the appointment of 10 new RECs for INEC for a five-year term each.
