The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, November 9, handed over his duties to an INEC National Commissioner, Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Muazu (rtd).
This was at an event held at the headquarters of the Electoral umpire in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
4wardwego gathered that Ahmed will act in that capacity; pending when the Senate confirms the reappointment of Professor Yakubu as INEC chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In his remarks, Professor Yakubu informed those present at the event that the current INEC was inaugurated in three batches; in which he was sworn-in along with five national commissioners on November 9, 2015.
He noted that six more national commissioners were inaugurated on December 7, 2016; and another one on July 21, 2018.
