2023 Election: Names, States of Newly Swears In 19 INEC’s Residence Electoral Commissioners
- INEC boss, Mahmoud Yakubu, has sworn in 19 new resident electoral commissioners (RECs) at the commission's headquarters in Abuja on Thursday
- 5 of the 19 new commissioners are reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari and confirmed by the senate
- Yakubu deployed the new commissioners to their geopolitical zones and not their state of origin, as stipulated in the commission's regulations
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FCT, Abuja - Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, has sworn in 19 newly appointed resident electoral commissioners (RECs).
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, November 3, Channels Television reported.
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Yakubu charged the new officers with patriotism and urged them to defend the electoral body's integrity.
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The INEC boss also deployed the 19 commissioners to their geopolitical zones, not their states of origin.
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This is in line with the commission’s regulation that barred a commissioner from serving in his or her state of origin.
However, 5 of the 19 RECs are returning commissioners. They were reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari and approved by the Senate.
Below are the names and states of the 19 commissioners:
Those reappointed INEC REC
- Ibrahim Abdullahi - Adamawa
- Obo Effanga - Cross River
- Umar Ibrahim - Taraba
- Agboke Olaleke - Ogun
- Professor Sanuel Egwu - Kogi
Newly appointed INEC REC
- Onyeka Ugochi - Imo
- Mohammad Bashir - Sokoto
- Professor Ayobami Salami - Oyo
- Zango Abdu - Katsina
- Queen Agwu - Ebonyi
- Agundu Tersoo - Benue
- Yomere Oritsemlei - Delta
- Professor Yahaya Ibrahim - Kaduna
- Nura Ali - Kano
- Agu Uchenna - Enugu
- Ahmed Garki - FCT
- Hudu Yunusa - Bauchi
- Professor Uzochukwu Chijioke - Anambra
- Mohammed Nura - Yobe
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