President Bola Tinubu on Friday, nominated four new national commissioners and two new resident electoral commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission created by expiring tenures.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the names of the nominees have been forwarded to the Senate for scrutiny and confirmation
Onanuga said the President has also reappointed Bala Bila, the national commissioner representing the North East.
The new national commissioners are Mustapha Aliu, who will replace Abdullahi Zuru as the North West representative; and Bashir Muhammed Umar, who will replace Muhammad Adamu as the North Central representative.
Tinubu also recommended Oluwatoyin Babalola, the resident electoral commissioner in Osun, as the new South West national commissioner to replace Cornelius Ajayi, whose tenure expires on October 24.
The two new resident electoral commissioners are retired permanent secretary Samuel Akinleye, to represent Ekiti State, and Zahradden Basiru Sanusi, from Jigawa, who will replace Saidu Babura.
Tinubu therefore, urged the Senate to expedite the nominees’ confirmation in view of the forthcoming general elections next January.
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