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President Bola Tinubu has appointed nine new resident electoral commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission .
Announcing the appointment in a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said the RECs will serve for a term of five years each, subject to confirmation by the senate. “By powers vested in him by Section 154 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 6 of the Electoral Act , President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission for a term of five years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate,” the statement reads.
The appointees include Isah Ehimeakne , Bamidele Agbede , Jani Bello , Taiye Ilayasu , and Bunmi Omoseyindemi . Others are Yahaya Bello , Mohammed Yalwa , Anugbum Onuoha and Abubakar Dambo . Tinubu called on 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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