INEC welcomes new national commissioner ahead 2027 election preparations

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has welcomed a recently appointed National Commissioner, Rear Admiral Jamila Abubakar Sadiq Malafa (retd), pursuing her swearing-in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan said the assignment comes astatine an important clip arsenic the committee steps up preparations for aboriginal elections.

He described the determination arsenic some timely and strategic, particularly fixed the existent signifier of INEC’s electoral calendar.

In a connection connected INEC Nigeria’s X handle, helium said the caller commissioner’s assignment fills a long-standing vacancy successful the North-East geopolitical zone, which had been without practice for implicit a year.

He noted that restoring afloat practice would amended the commission’s decision-making process arsenic it prepares for upcoming electoral activities.

Amupitan besides pointed to Malafa’s nonrecreational background, saying her acquisition successful ineligible practice, subject work and logistics absorption would fortify cardinal areas specified arsenic predetermination planning, information coordination and handling electoral disputes.

The INEC president reaffirmed the commission’s committedness to its law responsibilities, str...