RECs: Senate confirms Ajidagba, 6 others, stands down 1 nominee

Date: 2018-02-15

The National Assembly on Wednesday confirmed seven out of the nine nominees for the position of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

They are Baba Yusuf (Borno), Dr Uthman Abdulrahman (Kwara), Mr Segun Agbaje (Ekiti) and Dr Cyril Omorogbe (Edo).

Others are Yahaya Bello (Nasarawa) Dr Emmanuel Hart (Rivers) and Mohammed Ibrahim (Gombe).

The confirmation followed a successful screening of the nominees at the committee level and adoption of report submitted during plenary by Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, Sen. Suleiman Nazif.

It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari in December asked the Senate to confirm nine INEC RECs in line with section 154 (1) of the 1999 constitution as amended.

However, the nominee of Akwa Ibom, Elder Monday Tom was stepped down while that of Osun, Eric Olawale did not turn up for the screening.

Presenting the report, Nazif said of the nine nominees referred to the committee for screening, only eight showed up.

He said that the nominee for Osun did not communicate to the committee reasons for his absence.

According to him, Tom, the nominee for Akwa Ibom state was stood down for further legislative action.

"Other seven nominees were duly cleared by the relevant security agencies and the Code of Conduct Bureau,'' he added.

In his remark, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki commended members of the committee for diligence during the screening process.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saka Aleshinloye     Arandun     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Ita-Nmo Market     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ola Falade     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Just Event Online     Buhari     Aso-ofi     Okedare     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Wahab Isa     Solomon Edoja     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     George Innih     Usman Yunusa     Laduba     Muritala Awodun     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Kolo     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Fatimat Saliu     Balogun Ajikobi     Ayobami Seriki     Bilikisu Gambari     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Okin Group     Omoniyi     Taofeek Sanusi     Lawan     Otuka     Kale Bayero     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Tayo Alao     Olayinka Are     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     John Kehinde Salako     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Basit Olatunji     Lanwa     Universal Basic Education Commission     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Sa\'adu Salahu     Gabriel Fashanu     QuickWin     Makama     Zainab Abass     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Mahee Abdulkadir     Maigida Soludero Transit     Saka Abimbola Isau     VADA     Sodiya     Olohungbebe     Tunji Folami     Sidikat Akaje     Alfa Yahaya Road     Lateef Fagbemi     Maryam Nurudeen     Shettima Of Ilorin     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ibrahim Mohammed     Malete     Sadiq Buhari     Olusegun Adeniyi     Baba Isale     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Bio Ibrahim     Bayo Ojo     Tsaragi/Share     Ayo Adeyemi     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Owo Arugbo     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Muhammed Akanbi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Mubarak Oladosu     20 Billion Bond     Buhari     Nigeria Computer Society     Bolaji Abdullahi     BECE     Titus Ashaolu     AbdulHamid Adi     Minister     Toyin Abdullahi     Simeon Ajibola     Abubakar Aliagan     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Shao     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Jimoh Bashir     Kawu     Asa     Oloje     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Oko Erin     Tayo Alao     Amusa Bello     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Tsaragi/Share     Alliance For Democracy     Kola Bukoye     Omotoso Musa     Kamaldeen Gambari     Firdaos Amasa     Mohammed Lawal     Read With Me     Unilorin     Ita-Ore     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Prince Bola Ajibola     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Raimi Iyanda     Arandun     Dan Masanin     Afeyin-Olukuta     Kwara State Football Association     Ndakene     Ilorin International Airport     Alabe     Abiodun Oyedepo     Jaiz Bank     Yakubu Danladi     Kannike     Quran     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Orire     Galadiman Ngeri     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Tunde Kazeem     Micheal Imoudu     Temitope Ogunbanke     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Alapansapa     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     V.O. Abioye     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     KWAFFA     Balogun-Ojomu     Egbejila     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     CUTI     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Ariyo     Dauda Adesola     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Falokun-Oja