Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
Professor Mahmood Yakubu was on Wednesday sworn in for a
second term as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and believes elections in the country are getting
better.
“We have clearly demonstrated in recent elections that elections
are getting better and better and elections will continue to get
better and better,” he said after the swearing-in ceremony which
took place at the Council Chambers, State House in Abuja.
On Tuesday last week, the Senate confirmed his appointment as
chairman of the electoral body, a development the former Executive
Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) described
as a “privilege.”
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“It is a big responsibility. It is history. No Nigerian has been
so privileged to serve as chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission twice,” the professor of Political History and
International Studies, added.
“And it is a responsibility I am going to discharge consistent
with the oath of office I took.”
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The swearing-in took place just before the start of the 27th
virtual Federal Executive Council meeting where a one minute
silence was observed in honour of military officer, late Gen.
Domkat Bali who served as a Minister of Defence and member of the
Supreme Military Council of 1984–1985.
On October 27th, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed
Yakubu as Chairman of INEC for another five-year term, making him
the first person to be handed a second tenure as head of the
commission.
“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 was quoted as saying in a letter addressed to
the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.