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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The new RECs will serve a
five-year term each, subject to the Senate’s confirmation.
According to a statement issued
by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu
made the appointments in the exercise of the powers vested on him by both the
1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2022.
The president, however, charged
the newly appointed RECs to discharge their duties, observing the highest
standards of professionalism and ethical conduct.
The statement said: “By powers
vested in him by Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria (1999, Amended) and Section 6 of the Electoral Act (2022), President
Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine (9) new Resident Electoral
Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
for a term of five (5) years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian
Senate:
“Mr. Isah Shaka Ehimeakne — Edo
State Resident Electoral Commissioner; Mr. Bamidele Agbede — Ekiti State
Resident Electoral Commissioner; Mr. Jani Adamu Bello — Gombe State Resident
Electoral Commissioner; Dr. Taiye Ilayasu — Kwara State Resident Electoral
Commissioner; Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi — Lagos State Resident Electoral
Commissioner”, the statement said.
Other appointees are “Alhaji
Yahaya Bello — Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner; Prof. Mohammed
Yalwa — Niger State Resident Electoral Commissioner; Dr. Anugbum Onuoha —
Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner; Mr. Abubakar Fawa Dambo — Zamfara
State Resident Electoral Commissioner.
“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.”
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