There are strong indications that the state will conduct the screening of the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Professor Mahmud Yakubu today.
According to a source, the Committee of the whole would carry out the screening today as part of moves to save the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa elections from encountering problems where constitutional issues could be raised by Nigerians.
The source noted that the decision to screen the INEC Chairman and other nominees today was taken after a meeting of the leadership of the Senate yesterday evening.
The screening is coming without the formation of the INEC Committee which would have handled the screening and then forward the report to the Committee of the whole.
It would be recalled that Senate President Bukola Saraki had on Thursday read a letter from President Buhari intimating the Senate of the name of the new INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmud Yakubu and five other National Commissioners prone to subsequent confirmation.
In the letter, President Buhari also sought for the confirmation of:
Amina Bala Zakari who was acting INEC chair as Representative of the North-west
Dr. Anthonia Taiye Okoosi (Kogi), North-Central
Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo (Borno), North-East
Dr. Mohammed Mustapha Lecky (Edo), South-South and
Mr. Soyebi Adedeji Solomon(Ogun) South-West.
According to a source, the leadership of the senate resolved Monday evening that the screening was an urgent matter which could not wait for the formation of the INEC committee so it would be carried out at a committee of the whole today, because of the forthcoming elections in the two states.
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