Senate confirms Amupitan as INEC chairman

The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC).

The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC).

Amupitan’s confirmation which happened on Thursday, came after he had answered questions from members of the Senate in a session that lasted hours.Questions that bordered on electoral reforms and electoral malpractices, the independence of INEC, were among those Amupitan has to answer during the screening session.

The Senate will now have to formally inform President Bola that Amupitan has been confirmed.

Tinubu, had earlier in a letter to the Senate, urged the members of the red chamber to expedite action on Amupitan’s confirmation.

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