Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has submitted the names of Mr. Henry John Omaku and four others as chairman and members of the state Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC).
Speaker of the House of Assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, announced this yesterday after the Majority Leader, Tanko Tunga (APC, Awe North), read the governor’s letter on the floor.
“The governor said that the appointment of the following nominees is to fill the vacancy created followed the expiration of the tenure of the NASIEC chairman and members. Mr. Henry John Omaku is nominated as chairman while Ibrahim Danladi Musa, Abdullahi Jaji, Isa B. Yusuf and Godwin Maikeri as members of the Commission,” he said.
The speaker, therefore, directed the Clerk of the House to communicate to them to “come for screening and possible confirmation on March 13,” adding that “they should submit their curriculum vitae to the House on or before the screening date.”
Blueprint also reports that the NASIEC has fixed the local government elections for May 26.
