Buhari Appoints Acting INEC Chairman

Buhari had appointed Amina Bala Zakari, a national commissioner as the acting chairman following the exit of Professor Attahiru Jega.

The House pointed out that INEC as presently lacked the legal backing to carry out its constitutional functions of preparing for the forthcoming elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states.

 Sponsoring the motion in the House, Edward Gyang Pwajok, (PDP, Plateau), said the tenures of some of the national commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners have expired on August 10, noting that their continued stay in office is illegal.

The House in view of the forthcoming elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states, asked President Buhari to quickly appoint a replacement for those whose tenures have ended.

However, the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara sponsored the motion tasking the presidency to commence rebuilding of the ruin caused by Boko Haram sects.

This was said to be first time a Speaker would sponsor a motion. He had to step down as a presiding officer and asked his deputy, Yusuf Suleimon Lasun to take over after suspending the House’s relevant rules.

The motion was given an accelerated hearing and adopted by the House urging the president to give the rebuilding of schools from primary to tertiary level as well as give children who were victims of insurgency scholarship up to university level.

The House also recommended that hospitals, markets, border posts, bridges and other infrastructure destroyed by the insurgents should be rebuilt.

The House also asked the federal government to put in place a development plan to cushion effect of the destruction done by Boko Haram sects in North-East, The Sun reports.

The propose development agenda being championed by the House is expected to cover the following states; Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe and Adamawa. They added that specific amount should be reserved for reconstruction of homes, villages and other infrastructure, adding that those displaced would also have to be rehabilitated.