The Senate has commenced the screening of 10 nominees for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday, October 31, forwarded the names of the nominees for confirmation as RECs.
The nominees being screened by the Committee of the Whole of the Senate are: Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom), Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo), Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti), Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji (Gombe), Shehu Wahab (Kwara) and Prof. Mohammed Yelwa (Niger).
Others are Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers), Isma’ila Kaura Moyi (Zamfara), Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos) and Aminu Kasimu Idris (Nasarawa).
