Buhari Reappoints Mahmood Yakubu As INEC Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Mahmood
Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) for another five-year term.

The President had sent the Yakubu’s name to the Senate in a
letter to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan to be considered again
for the office.

In a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari cited constitutional provisions,
which permitted the re-nomination of the INEC boss.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood
Yakubu, for a second term in office.

“In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan,
the President said 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.

“Prof Yakubu was first appointed by President Buhari in November
2015,” the statement said.

Yakubu, a professor of Political History and International
Studies, became INEC’s chairman after the president’s nomination
was ratified during an emergency Council of State meeting held on
October 21, 2015.

His first term tenure will come to an end on 9, November.

But with his reappointment, Yakubu has become the first INEC
chairman to have a second term.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Mahmood
Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) for another five-year term.

The President had sent the Yakubu’s name to the Senate in a
letter to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan to be considered again
for the office.

In a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari cited constitutional provisions,
which permitted the re-nomination of the INEC boss.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood
Yakubu, for a second term in office.

“In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan,
the President said 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.

“Prof Yakubu was first appointed by President Buhari in November
2015,” the statement said.

Yakubu, a professor of Political History and International
Studies, became INEC’s chairman after the president’s nomination
was ratified during an emergency Council of State meeting held on
October 21, 2015.

His first term tenure will come to an end on 9, November.

But with his reappointment, Yakubu has become the first INEC
chairman to have a second term.