President Bola Tinubu has appointed ten new Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for a term of five years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate.
The announcement was made on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale.
The president was said to have carried out the appointment based on the powers vested in him by Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, Amended) and Section 6 of the Electoral Act (2022).
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The appointees are:
Mr. Etekamba Umoren — Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mr. Isah Shaka Ehimeakne — Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola — Ekiti State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mr. Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji — Gombe State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mr. Shehu Wahab — Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi — Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mr. Aminu Kasimu Idris — Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Prof. Mohammed Yelwa — Niger State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Dr. Anugbum Onuoha — Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner
Mr. Isma’ila Kaura Moyi — Zamfara State Resident Electoral Commissioner
President Tinubu, according his media aide, expected 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.
