The Senate said yesterday that the screening of Prof. Attahiru Jega as Chairman of the Inde-pendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 10 national commissioners nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan would be rigorous and transparent.
The New INEC – Commissioners And Their States Of Origin
PROPOSED INEC CHAIRMAN
1. Prof. Attahiru Jega (Kebbi)
PROPOSED INEC NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS:
1. Mrs Amina Bala Zakari (Jigawa)
2. Amb. Mohammed Z Anka (Kebbi)
3. Engr Nuru Yakubu (Yobe)
4. Col. M.K. Hammanga (Adamawa)
5. Dr. Abdulkadir S. Oniyangi (Kwara)
6. Gen A.B. Mamman (FCT)
7. Dame Gladis Nne Nwafor (Abia)
8. Dr. Ismail Igbani (re-appointed from Rivers)
9. Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (Delta)
10. Prof Lai Olorode (Osun)
INCUMBENTS:
11. Solomon Soyebi (Ogun)
12. Barr Phillip Umeadi Jnr. (Anambra)
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS (REC) NOMINEES:
1. Prof. C.E. Onukaogu (Abia);
2. Prof. Tukur Sa’ad (Adamawa);
3. Ahmad Makama (Bauchi);
4. Mr. Mike Igini (Delta);
5. Prof. Selina Omagha Oko (Ebonyi);
6. Mr. Edwin Offor Nwartarali (Enugu);
7. Alh. Yakubu Shehu (Kaduna);
8. Alh. Jibril Ibrahim Zarewa (Kano);
9. Hassan Ahmed Mahuta (Katsina);
10. Abubakar Umar Garba Wara (Kebbi)
11. Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo (Kogi);
12. Amb. (Dr.) Rufus O. Akeju (Lagos);
13. Alh. Abdullahi Umar Danyaya (Niger);
14. Mr. Timothy A. Ibitoye (Osun);
15. Dr. A.L. Ogunmola (Oyo);
16. Mr. Lenusikpugi Kpagih Baritor (Rivers);
17. Mallam Haliru A. Tambawel (Sokoto);
19. Mallam Kassim Gana (Galdam (Yobe);
20. Ibrahim Bagobiri Marafa (Zamfara)
INCUMBENTS (PROBABLY STAYING PUT?)*
S/n..State of Orign….Name
21. Ekiti – Ayo Adekeye
22. Ogun – Madame Ayoka Adebayo
23. Anambra – Dr Humphrey Nwangene
24. Imo – Josiah Uwazuruonye
25. Bayelsa – Maria Owi
26. Edo – Barr. Austin Okojie
27. Akwa Ibom – Aniedi Abasi Ikoiwak
28. Cross-Rivers – Gabriel Ada
29. Kwara – Nasir Ayilara
30. Plateau – Godfrey Miri
31. Benue – Eugene Amaju
32. Nassarawa – Abubakar Mohamed
33. Kaduna – S.B Manya
34, Gombe – A.B Shehu
35. Taraba – Illiya Audu
36. Borno – Abba Sadiq
37. FCT – Ishaku Maigoro