President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a formal request to the Senate seeking confirmation for the appointment of 10 individuals as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). This request was made in accordance with constitutional provisions and was read out during a Senate plenary session by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The nominees for REC positions are as follows:
Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State)
Isah Ehimeakne (Edo)
Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti)
Abubakar Ma’aji (Gombe)
Shehu Wahab (Kwara)
Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos)
Aminu Idris (Nasarawa)
Mohammed Yelwa (Niger)
Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers)
Isma’ila Moyi (Zamfara)
These individuals are proposed to serve a five-year term each and can only be removed by the president with the approval of a two-thirds vote from the National Assembly.
In a separate letter, President Tinubu also requested Senate confirmation for 11 individuals appointed as members of the governing board of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA).
The Senate president referred these requests to the Committee of the Whole for screening and confirmation, and the President encouraged the Senate to handle the matters promptly.
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