By Godfrey AKON
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 9 new Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for a term of five years each.
The appointment which is subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate, was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
States to which the newly-appointed RECs will be deployed are Edo, Ekiti, Niger, Lagos, Zamfara, Gombe, Kwara, Nasarawa and Rivers.
Mr. Isah Shaka Ehimeakne was appointed Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Bamidele Agbede Ekiti State REC, and Mr. Jani Adamu Bello was appointed the Gombe State Resident Electoral Commissioner, while Dr. Taiye Ilayasu was appointed Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner.
Other appointees include: Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi— Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Yahaya Bello— Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Mohammed Yalwa— Niger State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha— Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner and Mr. Abubakar Fawa Dambo— Zamfara State Resident Electoral Commissioner
According to the statement, “President Tinubu expects 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.”