President Bola Tinubu appointed the new 10 RECs last Wednesday.
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm the 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners he nominated for the
The RECs commissioners were appointed to serve for a five year term each, pending their confirmation by the Senate. Others are Anugbum Onuoha , Isma’ila Kaura Moyi , Bunmi Omoseyindemi and Aminu Kasimu Idris .that at least two among the new electoral commissioners may be card-carrying members of the ruling All Progressives Congress and two others were also found to be long-term allies of prominent politicians serving in the Tinubu administration.Third schedule of the constitution prohibits the appointment of a partisan person into INEC in Item F, paragraph 14.
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