The Chairman, Senate Committee on
Petroleum (Upstream), Senator Kabir Garba Marafa, has urged the Senate to
rescind its decision on the nomination of Mr. Ahmad Bello Mahmud as the
Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
It could be recalled that, the
Senate, at its plenary on Thursday, 23rd November, 2017, rejected the
nomination of Mr. Mahmud as REC representing Zamfara state.
The decision of the Senate was
predicated on the report of the Senator Nazif led Committee on INEC, which
recommended that Mahmud be disqualified, being that his nomination did not
enjoy the support of the stakeholders from Zamfara state.
Senator Marafa, who is currently
representing Zamfara Central, the immediate constituency of Mr. Mahmud, had
vehemently rejected the report of the Committee, but the Senate went ahead to
disqualify the nominee.
Marafa therefore brought a motion
on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, asking that the earlier decision be
rescinded and Mr. Mahmud be confirmed as minds REC.
“As a serving Senator as well as
the Senator representing the nominee and therefore, a critical stakeholder from
Zamfara state, I was at no point in time ever consulted on the confirmation of
the said nominee.
“The methodology adopted by the
Committee as contained in item 3.0 on page 3 of the report made no reference
whatsoever to indigenship as a basis for consideration and for clearing any
nominee.
“The assertion by the Senator
representing Zamfara North Senatorial District that, the nominee is from Kebbi
state and not from Zamfara state is therefore false”, Marafa told his
colleagues.
He said, aside been born in
Zamfara state, the nominee also attended both his elementary and secondary
education in the state.
Marafa also clarified that Mr.
Mahmud was a onetime Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in Zamfara,
as well as Chairman, Zamfara state Anti Corruption Commission, amongst others.
In his ruling, the President of
the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, referred the nominee back to the committee
on INEC, urging it to look at the nomination with merit, and report back to the
Senate within one week.
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