Election 2011
Council of State endorses Prof Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman
Jun 9, 2010, 10:09
| | The National Council of State has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan’s nomination of University teacher and administrator, Professor Attahiru Jega, as new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and also the nomination of 10 national Commissioners and 19 resident electoral commissioners
Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, who made the announcement on Tuesday June 8, after the Council’s meeting in the Presidential Villa in company of Governors Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sullivan Chime of Enugu State and Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, stated that Council considered the recommendation of Professor Attahiru Jega for appointment as chairman of INEC and approved it unanimously.
He disclosed that Council commended the president for the quality of the people nominated who were considered to be men and women of integrity and expressed confidence that the nominees would not have problems sailing through the Senate screening.
According to him, the council resolved that any of the existing electoral commissioners whose tenure has not expired but who might have been found wanting of any particular wrongdoing would be promptly removed and replaced.
Professor Jega, 53 currently the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano and a former National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, replaces Professor Maurice Iwu.
The list of the nominees as INEC National Commissioners approved by the Council are,
1. Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari (Jigawa) - N'West
2. Amb. Mohammed Z. Anka (Kebbi) - N'West
3. Engr. Nuru Yakubu (Yobe) - N'East
4. Col. M.K. Hammanga (Adamawa) - N'East
5. Dr. Abdulkadir S. Oniyangi (Kwara) N'Central
6. Gen. A.B.?Mamman (FCT) N'Central
7. Dame Gladis Nne Nwafor (Abia) S'East
8. Dr. Ismail Igbani (Re-appointed) (Rivers) S'South
9. Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (Delta) -S'South
10. Prof. Lai Olurode (Osun) - S'West
The INEC National Commissioners whose terms are yet to expire include,
1. Chief Solomon Soyebi (Ogun) S'West
2. Barr. Phillip Umeadi Jnr. (Anambra) S'East
The nominees as INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners approved by the Council are,
1. Prof. C. E. Onukaogu (Abia)
2. Prof. Tukur Saad (Adamawa)
3. Ahmad Makama (Bauchi)
4. Mr. Mike Igini (Delta)
5. Prof. Selina Omagha Oko (Ebonyi)
6. Mr. Edwin Offor Nwatarali (Enugu)
7. Alh. Yakubu Shehu (Kaduna)
8. Alh. Jibril Ibrahim Zarewa (Kano)
9. Hassan Ahmed Mahuta (Katsina)
10. Abubakar Umar Garba Wara (Kebbi)
11. Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo (Kogi)
12. Amb. (Dr.) Rufus O. Akeju (Lagos)
13. Alh. Abdullahi Umar Danyaya (Niger)
14. Mr. Timothy A. Ibitoye?(Osun)
15. Dr. A. L. Ogunmola (Oyo)
16. Mr. Lenusikpugi Kpagih Baritor (Rivers)
17. Haliru A. Tambawel (Sokoto)
18. Kassim Gana Gaidam (Yobe)
19. Ibrahim Bagobiri Marafa (Zamfara)
The names of the nominees as approved by the Council have been forwarded to the Senate for scrutiny and confirmation.
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