Buhari's Inaction Threatens 2023 Election Activities As 20 RECs Retire PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Activities towards the 2023 general elections are under threat of paralysis in at least 20 states as the resident electoral officers of theThe tenures of 11 of the RECs came to an end on July 6, nine others are due for retirement next month, while one quit in April to join partisan politics.
Those already out include Orji Nkwachukwu ; Emeka Ononamadu ; Obo Effanga ; Chukwuemeka Ezeonu ; Joseph Iloh and Mutiu Agboke .However, apart from Mr Pai who has served out his second and final term, the other 10 of these RECs have only served a term and can be re-appointed for a second term.These are Asmau Maikudi; Riskuwa Shehu; Kassim Geidam ; Jibrin Zarewa ; Abdulganiyu Raji; Samuel Egwu; Mike Igini ; and Sadiq Musa .
From this batch, those who are on second term and ineligible for re-appointment are Mr Geidam of Adamawa; Mr Zarewa of Katsina; Mr Igini of Akwa Ibom and Mr Musa .The effect of this is that with six months to general election, 20 states will be without RECs, with dire implications on the elections. The approvals of certain requests under the continuous voter registration exercise, which are exclusive to RECs, may suffer a setback in those states.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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