Updated!! Prof. Jega & 5 Others To Leave Office On Tuesday

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Updated!! Prof. Jega & 5 Others To Leave Office On Tuesday

Following the expiration of their five-year tenure, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, and six national commissioners will bow out of the commission next week, Tuesday.


This was contained in a bulletin issued by the commission in Abuja yesterday.


While Jega hails from Kebbi State, (North West), the other six national commissioners whose tenures expire on the same day are: Col. M.K. Hammanga (Rtd), Adamawa State (North East); Dr Ishmael Jikiri Igbani, Rivers State (South South); Prof. Lai Olurode, Osun State, (South West); Dame Gladys Nne Nwafor, Abia State (South East); Mrs Thelma Amata Iremiren, Delta State (South South); and Engr. Dr. Nuru A. Yakubu, Yobe State (North East).


They were inaugurated by former President
Goodluck E. Jonathan on 30th June 2010.


Four other national commissioners are to leave the commission in July and August this year. They are: Dr. Abdulkadir S. Oniyangi, Kwara State (North Central), whose tenure will expire on July 21, 2015; Mrs Amina Bala Zakari, Jigawa State (North West), whose tenure will also expire on July 21, 2015; Dr Chris O. Iyimoga, Nasarawa State (North Central), whose tenure will expire on 11th August 2015; and Amb. Mohammed Ahmad Wali, Sokoto State- (North West) whose tenure will also expire on 11th August 2015.
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