Buhari asks senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie, 3 others as INEC commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari writes Senate requests confirmation of Lauretta Onochie, his media aide, as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday.
The president premised his request on paragraph 14 (1f) of the constitution.
Apart from Onochie, Buhari also asked the senate to confirm Mohammed Sani (Katsina), Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti) and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa) as commissioners of the electoral commission.