President Bola Tinubu has made 6 new appointments.
Glamtush reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated four new national commissioners and two new resident electoral commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire.
This online newspaper understands that the appointment was contained in a statement issued on Friday, October 16, by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The Presidential spokesman said the appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
The national commissioner representing North East, Dr Bala Bila, was reappointed.
Onanuga gave the names of the new national commissioners as Professor Mustapha Aliu, who will replace Professor Abdullahi Zuru as the North West representative; and Bashir Muhammed Umar, who will replace Professor Muhammad Adamu as the North Central representative.
The Presidency said President Tinubu recommended Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, the resident electoral commissioner in Osun, as the new South West national commissioner.
According to the statement Babalola will replace Professor Cornelius Ajayi, whose tenure expires on October 24.
Meanwhile, the two new resident electoral commissioners are retired permanent secretary Dr Samuel Akinjide Akinleye, to represent Ekiti State, and Zahradden Basiru Sanusi, from Jigawa, who will replace Professor Saidu Ahmed Babura.
The President urged the Senate to expedite the nominees’ confirmation in view of the forthcoming general elections come January 2027.
