Tinubu nominates new Ondo REC, INEC National Commissioner

President Tinubu has nominated a lawyer, Saseyi Feyijimi Ibiyemi, as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Ondo State.

Tinubu has also nominated Abdulrazak Yusuf Tukur as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing the North West region of the country.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 4, 2024.

If cleared by the Senate, Ibiyemi will replace another lawyer, Niyi Ijalaye, who died in August 2024 while serving as the resident electoral commissioner in Ogun State.

Onanuga stated that Tukur will also face the Senate for clearance.

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Ibiyemi, 58, who hails from Ilaje in Ondo State, is currently the Administrative Secretary of INEC in Lagos State.

She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in the Ile-Ife area of Osun State in 1987 and was called to the bar in 1988.

She also went to Bingham University in Nasarawa State and bagged a Masters in Election Management.

Tukur, 59,  has a Bachelor of Arts from Bayero University, a postgraduate diploma in Economics from Bradford University in England, and a Master of Arts from Leeds University, also in England.

He began working for INEC in 1999 as assistant chief administrative officer and rose to become the director of Electoral Operations and Logistics. He served in the latter post till December 2023.

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