Nigerian Senate has confirmed the appointment of 15 persons as
Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC.
In March 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari nominated 27 persons
requesting the confirmation of the 27 nominees in compliance with the
provision of section 14(3)(a) of the Third Schedule to the 1999
Constitution.
33 states have been without RECs, who head the operations of the
Independent National Electoral Commission at sub-national units.
During the plenary session Thursday, Sen. Suleiman M. Nazif read the
report on the screening of 15 REC officials for Independent National
Electoral Commission.
After consideration of the report, the Senate confirmed the appointment
of 15 officials as INEC Electoral Commissioners on Twitter.
Senate president. Bukola Saraki complimented the work of the chairman
and urged the newly appointed officials to perform by improving the
Electoral Process.
See the full list after the cut..