The Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Mr Ahmad Mahmud as Resident Electoral Commissioner for Zamfara State.

The Senate however confirmed the nomination of Mr Rufus Akeju and Mr Mahmuda Isah of Lagos and Kebbi states respectively.

These decisions followed a report by Senate committee on INEC on the screening of the nominees.

Chairman of the committee, Mr Suleiman Nafiz, said the committee’s decision to reject Mahmud was taken after wide consultation.

The lawmakers adoptod the committee report and rejected Mahmud’s nomination.

In a letter dated Monday, February 27, 2017, then Acting President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, asked the Senate to consider the nomination of 27 RECs for new appointments and re-appointments.

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