President Bola Tinubu has formally written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The request was read on the floor of the Senate by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday. Akpabio also read other communications from the President regarding appointments that require legislative approval.
According to the letter, the nomination is in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, which requires Senate confirmation for such appointments.
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The request has been referred to the committee of the whole for further legislative consideration.
The President had first presented Amupitan’s name last Thursday as his preferred nominee to fill the leadership vacancy at the electoral commission following the exit of Mahmood Yakubu.
The Council of State unanimously approved the nomination of Amupitan as the next INEC Chairman.
Tinubu informed the council that Amupitan, an indigene of Kogi state in the north-central geopolitical zone, is the first person from the state to be nominated for the role of INEC chairman.
According to a statement by the presidential spokesman, Tinubu “described the nominee as an ‘apolitical’ figure.”
Council members, including former heads of state, provided “unanimous backing to the nomination.” Usman Ododo, the governor of Kogi state, also described Amupitan as a “man of integrity.”
Amupitan, 58, is a professor of law at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau state, where he also serves as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (administration).
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