The Senate today began the
screening of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent to it by
President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The leader of the Senate, Ahmed
Lawan, presented the president’s request for approval of the nominees at
plenary in Abuja.
After the motion, the senate
directed its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission to screen
the nominees and report back in two weeks.
The nominees are Prof. Godswill
Obioma, Abia; Ibrahim Abdullahi, Adamawa; Alhaji Ahmad Makama, Bauchi; James
Apam, Benue; Mr Mike Igini, Delta; Dr Nwachukwu Orji, Ebonyi; Dr Iloh Chuks,
Enugu and Hussaini Pai, Federal Capital Territory.
Other are Sadiq Musa, Kaduna;
Jibrin Zarewa, Kano; Mrs Asmau Maikudi, Katsina; Dr Mahmuda Isah, Kebbi; Prof.
Samuel Egwu, Kogi; Dr Rufus Akeju, Lagos; Prof. Mustapha Zubairu, Niger; Agboke
Olaleke, Ogun and Sam Olumekun, Ondo.
The list also contained names of
AbdulGaniyu Raji, Oyo; Prof. Riskuwa Shehu, Sokoto; Mr Kasim Geidam, Yobe;
Ahmad Mahmud, Zamfara; Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Plateau and Umar Ibrahim, Taraba.
Mr Emeka Joseph, Imo; Obo
Effanga, Cross River; Prof. Francis Ezeonu, Anambra and Dr. Briyai Frankland,
Bayelsa, were also nominated.
The President of the Senate, Dr
Bukola Saraki, directed that Sen. Suleiman Nazif (APC-Bauchi) should head the
committee in the absence of its chairman, Sen. Ali Ndume who is currently on a
six-week suspension.
The Senate had, earlier on, after
the receipt of the list of nominees, threatened that it would not treat it. Its grouse was the Executive’s
handling of the refusal of the chamber to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as chairman
of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
In another development, the
senate referred a list of three non-career ambassadorial nominees to its
Committee on Foreign Affairs for scrutiny.
The nominees are Justice Sylvanus
Nsofor, Imo; Joseph Iji, Ondo and Yusuf Hinna, Gombe.
The committee is to report back
to the Senate in two weeks.
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