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.

John Kehinde Salako     KWAFFA     Kwara 2019     Communication Network Support Services     Fareedah Dankaka     Omoniyi Ayinla     Ajuloopin     Olaitan Adefila     Kulende-UITH     FOMWAN     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Ilorin Metro Park     Yusuf Abubakar     Saheed Alakoso     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Gobir     Ibrahim Oniye     Adaramaja     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Tunji Folami     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Gurei     Sebastine Obasi     Sulaiman Gado     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Florence Saraki     Radio Kwara     ASKOMP     Abdulkadir Orire     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Durbar Festival     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Atiku Abubakar     Maryam Nurudeen     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Boko Haram     Garment Factory     Mumeen Lah     Gbenga Adebayo     UITH     Christopher Ayeni     Lawal Olohungbebe     Law School Scholarship     Unilorin FM     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Adeleke Ogungbe     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Temi Kolawole     John Olajide Adedipe     Ilorin South Constituency     LABTOP     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ganmo     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Raymond Olaitan     Mahe Abdulkadir     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Risikat Lawal     Umar Sanda Yusuf     ER-KANG     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Sherif Shagaya     Sambo Murtala     Wahab Abayawo     Oyin-Zubair     Ndakene     Charcoal     Guber Aspirant     Neo Mundo Ltd     Air Peace     Idris Amosa Saidu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Rotimi Atere     Iliasu     3MTT     Atunwa     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Kehinde Baale     Olatunde Olukoya     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ilofa     Ronke Adeyemi     Ridwan Agboola     CCEPE     Muhammed Aliyu     Makama Of Kaiama     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Elerin Of Adanla     Yemi Sanni     Danhawa     Olupako     Isiaka Oniwa     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Oyun     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Olatunji Ayeni     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     S.O. Opowoye     Dorcas Afeniforo     Charcoal     Abatemi Usman     Ilesha-Baruba     Kolawole Bashirat     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwara     Akorede     Bola Shagaya     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     National Information Technology Development Agency     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Edret Sabi Abel     Najim Yaasin     Sobi     Oke-Kura     FERMA     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Awodun     IEDPU     Abdulraheem Olesin     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Kwara Polytechnic     Oloriegbe     Theophilus Oyebiyi     2017 Budget     Flights To Ilorin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Ajibike Katibi     Yusuf Mubarak     Amada Jidda     Gamji Members Association     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Illyasu Abdullahi     Mahee Abdulkadir     Orire     Doyin Agbamu     Bature Bello     Yusuf Arowosaye     ANCOPPS     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     James Kolo     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Kale Bayero     Adesoye     Kehinde Boyede