The Senate has confirmed seven of President Bola Tinubu’s ten nominations for appointment as INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners.
Mr. Etekamba Umaren (Akwa Ibom), Mr. Isah Ehimeakne (Edo), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti), Mr. Abubakar Ma’aji (Gombe), Mr. Shehu Wahab (Kwara), Mr. Aminu Idris (Nasarawa State), and Mohammed Sadiq (Niger) are among those confirmed.
Their acceptance came when the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, submitted a resolution at the Committee of the Whole.
Bamidele, who introduced the motion, encouraged the Senate to examine President Tinubu’s appeal for approval of the nominations.
The Senate suspended its regulation and admitted nominees and their guests inside the chamber prior to vetting and confirmation.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Abdullahi Gumel, led the nominees into the chamber.
Thereafter, nominees present individually took turns to give highlights of their career profiles and professional experiences, before their eventual confirmation.
In his remarks, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio said experience in various elections in the country was the function of laws enacted.
He said the 10th National Assembly was determined to enact a law that would hold electoral managers accountable.
“We all had our experiences on election matters; we will rejig the Electoral Act and make it a law that will work for the good of Nigerians,’’ he assured.