INEC NEW BOSS.

  Amina Bala Zakari INEC NEW BOSS

 

 

   PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appointed Amina Bala Zakari the acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following Professor Attahiru Jega’s completion of four-year term.



   Zakari’s appointment, which took immediate effect pending the appointment of a substantive chairman, was disclosed in a statement signed by Haruna Imrana, the director of communications for the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. Zakari, who hails from Jigawa State (North West), had served as Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as Health Secretary (the equivalent of a state commissioner) under Nasir El-Rufai, the current governor of Kaduna State, when he was FCT minister.

Until her appointment as acting chairman , Zakari was one of the commissioners working under the supervision of Prof. Attahiru Jega. Her tenure, as INEC commissioner, was to expire on July 21, 2015..

However, if appointed in substantive capacity and approved by the Senate, she may serve as chairman for, at least, five more years. Jega, who was appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010, served out his five-year term, having conducted two general elections in 2011 and 2015.