Tinubu Seeks Senate Confirmation of Joash Amupitan as New INEC Chairman

• President Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm Professor Joash Amupitan as the new INEC Chairman, following the exit of Mahmood Yakubu.

President Bola Tinubu has officially requested the Senate to confirm Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The request was read on the floor of the upper chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Tuesday.

Tinubu’s nomination letter, submitted in line with the constitutional requirement for Senate approval of such appointments, has been referred to the Committee of the Whole for legislative consideration.

Last Thursday, the President had presented Amupitan’s name to the National Council of State as his preferred nominee to replace outgoing INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

The council unanimously endorsed Amupitan’s nomination, describing it as a step toward strengthening electoral credibility in Nigeria.

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Tinubu noted that Amupitan, a native of Kogi State, is the first person from the state to be nominated for the INEC chairmanship, and praised him as an “apolitical” figure with a proven record of integrity.

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State also commended the nomination, calling Amupitan “a man of integrity.”

Amupitan, 58, is a professor of law at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau State, where he currently serves as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration).

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