Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has approved the removal of the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. John Chem.
The State House of Assembly had on Wednesday recommended the SIEC chairman’s removal, citing accusations of poor judgment.
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In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, and released to journalists in Makurdi on Friday, the governor confirmed his acceptance of the Assembly’s resolution.
The statement read in parts, “The Assembly accused the BSIEC chairman of lacking good judgement as to which decision will appeal to the greater majority of all stakeholders, and also that his actions so far in office fall short of the public interest.
“Governor Alia has accepted the resolutions and directed the Chairman of the commission to immediately hand over to the administrative secretary of the commission.”
