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.

Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Turaki     Bola Tinubu     Mustapha Akanbi     Ilorin Emirate     Kwara Politics     Bashiru Makama     Vasolar     Firdaos Amasa     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Bello Oyedepo     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Jani Ibrahim     Students Union Government     Allocation     General Hospital, Offa     Raymond Olaitan     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Mamman Saba Jibril     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Jaiz Bank     Okiki     Kawu Baraje     Irepodun     Igbaja     Oba Abdulrahim     Offa Poly     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Tunde Saad     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Sardauna     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Bolakale Saka     Adedeji Onimago     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Demola Banu     Maryam A. Garuba     Kale Belgore     Kola Adesina     Anilelerin     Umar Saro     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Salihu S. Yaru     Ayobami Akanbi     LEAH Charity Foundation     Tunde Yusuf     Dagbalodo     Kwara 2023     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Mamatu Abdullahi     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Oniwasi Agbaye     Oke-Ode     Abdullahi Atanda     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Mashood Dauda     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Mary Arinde     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Yusuf Abubakar     Doyin Group     Chikanda     Yemi Osinbajo     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Babata     Ilorin General Hospital     Odo-Owa     TESCOM     Kwara Central     Frootify     Muhammed Danjuma    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lawan     Ajibola Ademola Julius     2017 Budget     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     KWAFFA     IsDB     Alabi Lawal     Kwarareports.com     Rex Olawoye     Aminat Ahmed     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Illyasu Abdullahi     Democracy Day     Vasolar Consortium     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Lanre Jimoh     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Tanke     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ilorin West     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Centre For Digital Economy     Local Government Pension Board     Paul Odama     Gbenga Awoyale     Saka Isau     Suleiman Abubakar     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Suleiman Mora Omar     Okiki     Demola Banu     Olaiya Zuberu     REO CAKES     Kunbi Titiloye     Saduki Lafiagi     Gurei     Daud Adeshola     Aremu Bose Deborah     KWASAA     Quran     Assayomo     Riskat Opakunle     Nigeria Computer Society     Babata     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Presidential Election     Galadiman Ngeri     Gbugbu International Market     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Aso Ofi     Alabere     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Bashir Adigun     Plat Technologies Limited     Yakubu Dogara     Tafidan Kaiama     Muhammadu Buhari     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Dauda Adesola     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Rasaq Jimoh     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Gwanara     Balogun Gambari     Elese Of Igbaja     Olosi Of Osi     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Igosun     Rihanat Ajia     Mamatu Abdullahi     Amuda Aluko     Abatemi Usman