The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of 15 out of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, sent to them by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The upper house confirmed the nominees after adopting the report of the Senate Committee on INEC.
senator Suleiman Nazif, the chairman of the committee while presenting the report, said all the nominees were cleared by the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services and the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Nazif informed the Senate that the screening of the remaining nominees were still in progress.
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