{"id":44178,"date":"2020-10-27T20:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=44178"},"modified":"2020-10-27T20:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:27:43","slug":"buhari-re-appoints-yakubu-as-inec-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/buhari-re-appoints-yakubu-as-inec-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Re-Appoints Yakubu As INEC Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has re-appointed Prof Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday titled \u201cPresident Buhari nominates Prof Yakubu as INEC chairman for second term in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has presented the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn 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), \u2018I 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.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prof Yakubu was first appointed by President Buhari in November 2015.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has re-appointed Prof Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[233,7687],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-44178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-inec","tag-prof-mahmood-yakubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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