Speaker Yakubu Dogara
The House of Representatives yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other national commissioners.
The House said INEC as presently constituted cannot carry out its constitutional functions of preparing for the incoming elections in some states of the federation.
Daily Trust recalls that since the expiration of the tenure of former INEC chairman Prof Attahiru Jega as well as some national commissioners in June, a national commissioner, Amina Bala Zakari has been working as head of the electoral body in acting capacity following her appointment by President Buhari.
In adopting a motion by Rep Edward Gyang Pwajok (PDP, Plateau), the House noted that since Jega’s departure with some commissioners, tenures of other national commissioners and some resident electoral commissioners’ (RECs) have equally expired on August 10.
Therefore, the House maintained that the coming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states would be very tasking for the current commissioners and RECs left at the commission, hence the need to appoint new ones and fill existing vacancies.
The motion was unanimously adopted by lawmakers present at plenary.
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