By Citizenship Newspaper
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the name of Professor Joash Amupitan for confirmation as the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a letter to the Senate read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, President Tinubu said “in accordance with the provisions of Section 154, Subsection 1, of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Attached herewith is his curriculum vitae”.
Tinubu urged the Senate to “consider and confirm the appointment of the nominee in its usual expeditious manner”.
Thereafter, Akpabio referred the request the “Committee of the Whole” or consideration and confirmation.
