Jega's Term In INEC To End Next WeeK

Professor Attahiru Jega and six other national commissioners will leave office in a week as their tenure will come to an end, The Nation reports.

Jega has already served out his five year term. He and the commissioners were inaugurated by former president Goodluck Jonathan on June 30, 2010.

According to INEC Bulletin, the commissioners affected are:

1. Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd), Adamawa state, (North East);

2. Dr Ishmael Jikiri Igbani, Rivers state, (South South);

3. Prof. Lai Olurode, Osun state, (South West);

4. Dame Gladys Nne Nwafor, Abia state, (South East);

5. Mrs Thelma Amata Iremiren, Delta state, (South South);

6. Engr. Dr. Nuru A. Yakubu,  Yobe state, (North East).

Reportedly, four other National Commissioners are set 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 21st July 2015; Mrs Amina Bala Zakari, Jigawa state, (North West); whose tenure will also expire on 21st July 2015; Dr Chris O. Iyimoga, Nasarawa state, (North Central); whose tenure will expire on 11th August 2015; and Amb. (Dr.) Mohammed Ahmad Wali, Sokoto state, (North West) whose tenure will also expire on 11th August 2015.

“But  even  as  the Commission is being depleted, following the progressive expiration of the tenures of National Commissioners, its (INEC’s) work will continue apace and uninterrupted because it can always form a quorum,”the bulletin says. Details on The Nation.