National Commissioner, retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ahmed Mu’azu is now the acting INEC chairman. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has stepped aside, while awaiting confirmation by the Senate for a second term.
Yakubu at a
brief handover ceremony at INEC headquarters in Abuja on Monday said it would
be inappropriate for him to remain in office beyond Nov. 9, last day of his
tenure, without Senate confirmation of his second tenure.
Yakubu and
five Commissioners were sworn-in on Nov. 9, 2015, followed by another six
Commissioners on Dec. 7, 2016 and one more Commissioner on July 21, 2018.
Yakubu is now
awaiting the confirmation of the Senate, following his nomination by President
Muhammadu Buhari on Oct. 27, for a second tenure.
Yakubu said
that the Commission is a constitutional body whose members were appointed for
five years which might be renewed for a second and final term.
“This means
that my tenure and those of the first set of five Commissioners end today.
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