Breaking News! President Buhari Appoints Prof. Yakubu as the new INEC Boss

Trendy Gist has reliably gathered that President Mohammadu Buhari today appointed the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND), Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The University Don will be taking over from the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mrs. Bala Zakari.
The president also appointed other five national commissioners including Zakari.
The appointments followed an approval by the National Council of State which had an emergency meeting, being the first under president Buhari, at the presidential Villa, Abuja.
Addressing State House correspondents on behalf of the meeting, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal stated that the situation in INEC necessitated the emergency meeting which approved the appointments. He however stated the names remained to be confirmed by the Senate.

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