Nigerian Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Amupitan’s confirmation which happened on Thursday, came after undergoing screening and answering many questions from members of the Senate in a session that lasted hours.
Before introducing himself to the Senators for the question and answer session to take off, Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed to his colleagues that the nominee had been cleared by the office of the National Security Adviser after vetting.
Questions that bordered on electoral reforms and electoral malpractices, the independence of INEC, were among those Amupitan has to answer during the screening session.
The red chamber will now have to formally inform President Bola Tinubu that his nominee has been confirmed.
Tinubu had earlier in a letter to the Senate, urged the members of the red chamber to expedite action on Amupitan’s confirmation.