Buhari Nominates Lauretta Onochie, Others As INEC Commissioners (Full List)

Lauretta Onochie has been nominated as INEC Commissioners.

Newsone Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, for screening and confirmation as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing Delta State.

President Buhari’s letter of request was read at plenary by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan.

Apart from Lauretta Onochie, also nominated for confirmation as National Commissioners of INEC are: Prof. Mohammed Sani representing Katsina; Prof. Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti) and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa).

Lauretta Onochie

The President said the nomination was pursuant to Paragraph 14 of part 1F of the First Schedule of the 1999 Constitution.