President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a term of five years each, subject to the confirmation of the Senate.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on October 25, 2023.
Those appointed by President Tinubu as RECs are Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo), Bamidele Agbede (Ekiti), Jani Adamu Bello (Gombe), Dr Taiye Ilayasu (Kwara), and Dr Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos).
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Others include Yahaya Bello (Nasarawa), Prof. Mohammed Yalwa (Niger), Dr Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers), and Abubakar Fawa Dambo (Zamfara).
“President Tinubu expects the new appointees to abide by the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct in the discharge of their duties, in accordance with his determination to facilitate the establishment of a new and sustainable standard of transparent, fair, and conflict-free electoral conduct in Nigeria,” Ngelale added.
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