President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, and three others as national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The nominees’ list as contained in Buhari’s letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, was read at the plenary on Tuesday.
Buhari said their appointment was pursuant to paragraph 14 of part 1 of the first schedule of the 1999 constitution.
Others are: Prof. Mohammed Sani (Katsina), Prof. Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa).
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