Senate Confirms Remaining Three Nominated INEC RECs

The remaining three Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nominated by President Bola Tinubu have been confirmed by the Senate.

The trio, Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi, Lagos State; Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, Rivers State; and Mr. Isma’ila Kaura Moyi, Zamfara State were not present when the other seven nominees were confirmed on Wednesday.

The Matrix reports that the seven nominees confirmed on Wednesday are Mr Etekamba Umoren – Akwa Ibom; Mr Isha Ehimeakne from Edo; Barr. Oluwatoyin Babalola- Ekiti; Mr Abubakar Ahmed – Gombe; Shehu Wahab – Kwara; Aminu Idris – Nasarawa; Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq – Niger.

The confirmation follows Tinubu’s request on Wednesday for confirmation of the nomination of the RECs for INEC in accordance with the provisions of Section 154(1) of the Constitution.

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Tinubu had last week approved the appointment of 10 new RECs for INEC for a five-year term each.