Tinubu nominates four new INEC national commissioners and two resident commissioners

Summary

President Bola Tinubu has nominated four national commissioners and two resident electoral commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission, and asked the Senate to speed up confirmation ahead of next January’s general elections.

Highlights

• The nominees are meant to fill vacancies created by expiring tenures at INEC.
• Tinubu also reappointed Bala Bila as the national commissioner for the North East.
• The new national commissioners include Mustapha Aliu for the North West and Bashir Muhammed Umar for the North Central.
• Oluwatoyin Babalola, currently the resident electoral commissioner in Osun, was nominated as the South West national commissioner.
• The two resident electoral commissioner nominees are Samuel Akinleye for Ekiti and Zahradden Sanusi for Jigawa.