Senate to confirm Prof Yakubu as INEC Chairman Dec 1

There are strong indications that the senate will on Tuesday, December 1, confirm Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for a second term.

Soon after the senate leader, senator Yahaya Abdullahi, read the executive communication from president Muhammadu Buhari, president of the senate, Ahmad Lawan referred the name to committee on INEC.

Senator Lawan instructed the committee on INEC, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, to screen the nominee and report back at plenary next week Tuesday, December 1, 2020.

Lawan also referred the name of Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru as national commissioner representing the North West in INEC to the committee.