The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of five nominees as Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
This was just as it rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie (Delta) as earlier reported and stepped down that of Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam (North Central) for further investigation by the committee.
The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on INEC.
Those confirmed included Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru (North-West), Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah (Katsina), Prof. Kunle Cornelius Ajayi (Ekiti), Dr Baba Bila (North-East), and Saidu Babura Ahmad (Jigawa).
Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano South), in his presentation, said the Committee received several petitions against the nominations of Ms. Lauretta Onochie and Professor Sani Muhammad Adam.
On the nomination of Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam, the committee recommended that his confirmation be stepped down pending further legislative action by the committee.
Accordingly, the Senate while confirming the five nominees, adopted the recommendations of the Committee by rejecting Onochie’s nomination and stepping down that of Professor Adam for further action.
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