December 12, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, inaugurated nine Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) recently cleared by the National Assembly.
The nine RECs were among the ten RECs appointed by President Bola Tinubu.
While the Resident Electoral Commissioner appointed from Akwa Ibom State, Etekamba Umoren, was not among those sworn in on Tuesday, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said he would be sworn in January when the tenure of the Resident Electoral Commissioner from Akwa Ibom State, currently serving in Delta, expires.
Those sworn in are Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo State), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State), Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji (Gombe State), Shehu Wahab (Kwara State), Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos State), Aminu Kasimu Idris (Nasarawa State), Prof. Mohammed Yelwa (Niger State), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers State), and Isma’ila Kaura Moyi (Zamfara State).