President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He also appointed five new INEC national commissioners.
Yakubu, who takes over from acting chairman, Mrs Amina Zakari, is a professor of History and International Relations and former executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal told State House correspondents after the first Council of State meeting presided over by President Buhari that the appointments were ratified by the council.
No new commissioner was announced for the South-East because the incumbent has not yet ended his five-year tenure.
The five national commissioners are: Mrs. Amina Zakari (North-West), the immediate-past acting chairman who took over from Prof Attahiru Jega on June 30; Dr. Anthonia Okoosi-Simbine (North Central), Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo (North-East); Dr. Mohammed Mustafa Lecky (South-South) and Mr. Soyebi Adedeji Solomon (South-West).
Further details later…