Tinubu Writes Senate, Seeks Confirmation Of INEC RECs

President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of recently-appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Nigerian leader made the request in a letter read during a plenary session on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Tinubu, in the letter, said his request for Senate confirmation of the nominees was in compliance with the constitutional provisions.

The Senate President, after reading the letter, referred the presidential request to the Committee of the Whole for screening.

If confirmed, the 10 RECs are to serve a five-year term each, and can only be removed by the president and a two-thirds vote from the National Assembly.

The nominees are Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State), Isah Ehimeakne (Edo), Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti), Abubakar Ma’aji (Gombe), Shehu Wahab (Kwara), Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos) and Aminu Idris (Nasarawa).

Others are Mohammed Yelwa (Niger), Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers), Isma’ila Moyi and (Zamfara).

Naija News recalls that President Tinubu approved the appointment of the RECs of the electoral umpire last week.

Contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the nominees were appointed in line with the provisions of both the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2022.