Buhari Appoints Mahmood Yakubu As INEC Chairman For Second Term

Mahmood Yakubu has been appointed as INEC Chairman again.

Newsone Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office.

This online news medium understands that the President made this known in a letter sent to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.

Read the letter on Mahmood Yakubu’s appointment

The letter said the appointment is: “In accordance with the provision of Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), “I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the nomination of Professor Mahmood Yakubu for appointment as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second and final term,” Buhari said.

Newsone Nigeria reports that Mahmood Yakubu was first appointed by Buhari in November 2015.