“As far as the law is concerned, I remain the Chairman…”
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President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in two new National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and two members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), signaling a fresh phase in Nigeria’s electoral and institutional reform agenda ahead of 2027.
At a brief ceremony before the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, Mallam Tukur Abdulrazaq Yusuf (North West) and Professor Sunday Nwambam Aja (Ebonyi, South East) joined the INEC board, while Ikpeme Kenneth Ndem and retired Justice Buba Ibrahim Nyaure were inducted into the CCB.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said: “Following our internal review and engagements with stakeholders, we submitted 142 recommendations to the National Assembly.”
He noted that eight of these proposals require constitutional or electoral amendments, with discussions already underway.
On speculation about his removal, Yakubu declared: “As far as the law is concerned, I remain the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.”
Only one vacancy now remains on the INEC board.
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