INEC Job: Jega Speaks On Onochie’s Nomination

• A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has spoken about the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Commission.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has asked the Senate not to confirm Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of INEC.

Recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, and five other nominees were screened at the Senate last Thursday following their nomination by the President as INEC Commissioners.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the result of the screening would be out on Tuesday.

However, Jega while speaking on Channels Television programme, ‘Sunday Politics’, asked the upper chamber to reject Onochie as INEC Commissioner, citing controversy over her nomination.

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He said, “This kind of controversy is really avoidable. Any person who generated such a controversy; the appointing authorities should be careful because you don’t want to appoint anybody that can raise suspicions or doubts or can lead to a loss of trust of the electoral management body.”

The former INEC Chairman further stated that President Buhari could withdraw Onochie’s nomination and replace her with another female from her state.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Onochie’s nomination had sparked outrage from civil society groups, opposition lawmakers, and even within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Her nomination had been greeted by serious condemnation in the country with scores arguing that Onochie is “too partisan” to be nominated for the INEC job.

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