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SWEARING-IN OF NEW RESIDNENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS

Ten (10) out of the thirteen (13) newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were sworn in this morning at the Commission’s headquarters Abuja.

Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, expressed happiness with the caliber of professionals appointed as Resident Electoral Commissioners at this time of the Commission’s most demanding period as it approaches the conduct of the 2007 General Elections.

Prof. Iwu reminded the Commissioners of the uniqueness of their job pointing out that they must maintain a firm grip of their character and be steadfast in the face of all the provocations and political harangue that is most likely to come their way during the discharge of their responsibilities.

The Chairman who called the new Commissioners the new members of a team of fifty charged with delivering a credible elections in 2007, also enjoined them to see their present positions as a trust which they must discharge to the best interest of all Nigerians. He said the post of an Electoral Commissioner carried with it enormous responsibility which only good character and not background can sustain. “You should know that you have an account to render to your God at the end of your assignment”, Prof. Iwu concluded.

The newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners and their states of origin are as follows:

1) Dr. Humphrey Umanene - Anambra
2) Barrister Josiac C. Uwazuruonye - Imo
3) Mrs Maria Owi - Bayelsa
4) Mr Gabriel Ada - Cross River
5) Barrister Austin Okoyie - Edo
6) R. Ayo Adekeye - Ekiti
7) Kabiru Ahmed - Jigawa
8) Nasir A. Ayilara - Kwara
9) Abubakar Ahmadu Mohamed - Nasarawa
10) Martins Okunfolami - Ondo
11) Illiya Audu - Taraba

A list of the postings is attached for your guidance please.

Pastor Segun Adeogun
Director, Public Affairs