President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday appointed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He succeeds Prof Attahiru Jega who completed his tenure in June.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State briefed State House correspondents at the end of Buhari’s first Council of State meeting.
According to the governor, the appointment was approved at the first meeting of the Council of State presided over by Buhari on Wednesday.
The President, he said, also appointed five new national commissioners for the commission
The national commissioners are Mrs. Amina Zakari (North West); Dr. Anthonia Okoosi-Simbine (North Central); Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo (North East); Dr. Mohammed Mustafa Lecky (South South) and Mr. Soyebi Adedeji Solomon (South West).
PrThe South East is said to still have a sitting national commissioner.
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