10 things to know about Prof. Amupitan, new INEC Chairman

The National Council of State has unanimously approved the assignment of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) arsenic the caller Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

This was contained successful a connection posted connected X by the President’s aide, Bayo Onanuga, connected Thursday.

President Bola Tinubu presented Amupitan’s sanction to the Council during its gathering astatine the Presidential Villa, Abuja, connected Thursday.

The assignment follows the exit of Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who completed his 10-year tenure successful October 2025.

Here are 10 things to cognize astir Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, the recently appointed INEC Chairman:

1. A Kogi-born ineligible scholar

Prof. Amupitan hails from Ayetoro Gbede successful Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, making him 1 of the fewer INEC chairmen from Nigeria’s North-Central region.

2. Professor of Law astatine the University of Jos

He is simply a Professor of Law astatine the University of Jos (UNIJOS), wherever helium has lectured and mentored generations of lawyers and academics for implicit 3 decades.

3. Specialisation successful firm and grounds law

Amupitan’s areas of expertise see Company Law, Law of Evidence, Corporate Governance, and Privatisation Law, reflecting a heavy grounding successful some mentation and signifier of ineligible systems.

4. Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)

He was conferred with the prestigious fertile of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) successful September 2014, joining the elite radical of ineligible minds recognized for excellence and publication to the ineligible profession.

5. Long world vocation since 1989

His world travel began successful 1989, soon aft completing his National Youth Service astatine the Bauchi State Publishing Corporation, marking implicit 35 years successful academia.

6. Multiple enactment roles successful academia

He has held respective enactment positions astatine UNIJOS, including Dean of the Faculty of Law (2008–2014), Chairman of the Committee of Deans and Directors (2012–2014), and Head of Public Law (2006–2008). He presently serves arsenic Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration).

7. Pro-Chancellor and Governing Council Chairman

Beyond UNIJOS, helium is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Joseph Ayo Babalola University successful Osun State, underscoring his wide power successful Nigeria’s higher acquisition governance.

8. Broad acquisition beyond the classroom

Outside academia, Amupitan sits connected respective boards, including Integrated Dairies Limited (Vom), and antecedently served connected the Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Governing Council, and arsenic a committee subordinate of Riss Oil Limited.

9. Accomplished writer of cardinal instrumentality textbooks

He has written respective influential instrumentality texts utilized crossed Nigerian universities and instrumentality schools, including Corporate Governance: Models and Principles (2008), Documentary Evidence successful Nigeria (2008), and Evidence Law: Theory and Practice successful Nigeria (2013).

10. A merchandise of Kwara Poly and UNIJOS

Born connected April 25, 1967, Amupitan attended Kwara State Polytechnic (1982–1984) and the University of Jos (1984–1987), wherever helium besides earned his LLM (1993) and PhD (2007) — making him a arrogant alumnus-turned-professor of his alma mater.

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