President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine 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 Senate.

The appointments, according to a release issued on Wednesday by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, was in line with the powers vested in the president by Section 154 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) and Section 6 of the Electoral Act (2022).

The new RECs include:

  1. Mr. Isah Shaka Ehimeakne, Edo State
  2. Mr. Bamidele Agbede, Ekiti State
  3. Mr. Jani Adamu Bello, Gombe State
  4. Dr. Taiye Ilayasu, Kwara State
  5. Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi, Lagos State
  6. Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Nasarawa
  7. Prof. Mohammed Yalwa, Niger State
  8. Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, Rivers State
  9. Mr. Abubakar Fawa Dambo, Zamfara State.

President Tinubu expects 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 in Nigeria.

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