INEC chairmanship: Senate screens Amupitan today

Barring any last-minute change, the Senate will today screen Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), who was nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary Research and Information at the National Assembly, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, confirmed this in a […]

Barring any last-minute change, the Senate will today screen Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), who was nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 

The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary Research and Information at the National Assembly, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday.

President Tinubu on Tuesday requested the Senate to confirm Amupitan as the new INEC chairman following the expiration of the tenure of Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Tinubu’s request was transmitted through a letter read during plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Tinubu said, “In accordance with the provisions of section 154 subsection 1 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“Attached is his curriculum vitae, while hoping that the Senate will consider and confirm the appointment of the nominee in its usual expeditious manner.  Please, accept, Distinguished Senate President, the assurances of my highest consideration.”

Bi-Allah, in a statement yesterday, said, “The Office of the Secretary of Research and Information wishes to notify members of the press and the general public that the Senate will, tomorrow, Thursday, 16th October, 2025, conduct the screening of the nominee of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

 

“The exercise is scheduled to be held at the Senate Chamber, National Assembly Complex.”