One of the Resident Electoral Commissioners, Mr Etekamba Umoren, who was confirmed by the Senate, was seen during the last general elections, telling Akwa Ibom State residents that they were in safe hands with the All Progressives Congress (APC). SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that the Senate screened and confirmed Etekamba Umoren, Senator Godswill Akpabio's former aide and Isah Ehimeakhe, an All Progressives Congress card-carrying member as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Senate has screened and confirmed Etekamba Umoren, Senator Godswill Akpabio's former aide and Isah Ehimeakhe, an All Progressives Congress card-carrying member as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Senate led by Akpabio also screened and confirmed five other nominees namely: Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, Abubakar Maaji, Shehu Wahab, Aminu Idris, and Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq as RECs.
Civil Society Groups working on governance and elections have petitioned the President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, asking him to reject the nomination of Messrs Etekamba Umoren and Isah Shaka Ehimeakne as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). SaharaReporters reported on October 25 that President Tinubu approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners for INEC Out of the appointees, Messrs Etekamba Umoren and Isah Shaka Ehimeakne from Akwa Ibom and Edo States respectively.