Nigerian Leader Appoints INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners

On Oct 25, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for a term of five years each.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, who made this known in a statement, said the appointments were subject to the confirmation of the Senate.

“By the powers vested in him by Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, Amended) and Section six of the Electoral Act (2022).

“President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine Resident Electoral Commissioners for the INEC for a term of five years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate.”

Ngelale listed the RECs as follows:

Mr. Isah Shaka Ehimeakne — Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

Mr. Bamidele Agbede — Ekiti State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

Mr. Jani Adamu Bello — Gombe State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

Dr. Taiye Ilayasu — Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

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.

Mr. Abubakar Fawa Dambo — Zamfara State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

“President Tinubu expects the new appointees to abide by the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct in the discharge of their duties.

“And 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,” the President’s spokesman added.

NAN/Confidence Okwuchi