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    Senate approves appointment of Chira as Auditor-General, 7 RECs

    By National UpdateNovember 1, 2023 Appointment No Comments1 Min Read
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    The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr Shaakaa Chira as the Auditor-General of the Federation.
    The red chamber also approved the nomination of seven persons for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).
    The nominees are Etekarnba Umoren (Akwa Ibom), Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo), Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti), Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji (Gombe), Shehu Wahab (Kwara), Aminu Kasimi Idris (Nasarawa), and Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq (Niger)

    The other three nominees from Rivers, Zamfara and Lagos, Anugbum Onuoha, Abubakar Fawa Dambo and Bunmi Omoseyindemi were absent.

    The nominees were confirmed after they were screened on the floor of the Senate Wednesday.

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had, in a letter read on Tuesday, asked the Senate to confirm the nominees.

    Tinubu in the letter, indicated that his request for Senate confirmation of the nominees was in compliance with the constitutional provisions.

    The confirmed RECs are to serve a five-year term each, and can only be removed by the president and a two-thirds vote from the National Assembly.

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