Senate To Screen Nominee For INEC Chair Amupitan Thursday

The Senate volition connected Thursday surface President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for the presumption of president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan.

The announcement was contained successful a circular issued connected Wednesday by the Director of Information of the Senate, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, and made disposable to journalists successful Abuja.

The improvement comes 24 hours aft Tinubu’s missive to the Senate seeking Amupitan’s confirmation was work connected the level of the Senate by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.

According to the circular, the screening volition instrumentality spot successful the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly Complex.

The connection read, “The Office of the Secretary, Research and Information wishes to notify members of the Press and the wide nationalist that the Senate volition connected Thursday, 16th October, 2025, behaviour the screening of the nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, arsenic INEC Chairman.

“The workout is scheduled to clasp astatine the Senate Chamber, National Assembly Complex. Members of the Senate Press Corps are kindly requested to supply their accustomed media sum and enactment to guarantee capable dissemination of accusation to the public.

“Similarly, tv stations are expected to widen the accustomed courtesies of providing unrecorded sum of the event.”

Amupitan’s nomination, endorsed past week by the National Council of State, marks a large modulation for the electoral assemblage pursuing the exit of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu aft a decennary arsenic INEC chairman.

In his missive earlier sent to the Senate, Tinubu said the assignment was made successful enactment with Section 154 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and urged lawmakers to assistance it their “usual expeditious consideration.”

“I americium pleased to contiguous for confirmation by the Senate the assignment of Professor Joash Amupitan, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, arsenic Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,” the President said.

Amupitan’s information comes amid renewed statement implicit INEC’s independency and credibility pursuing the 2023 wide elections.

While the presidency described him arsenic “an apolitical fig of impeccable integrity,” absorption parties and civilian nine groups person urged the Senate to guarantee a transparent and rigorous confirmation process.

Thursday’s screening is expected to gully nationwide attraction arsenic it could signifier the code of aboriginal electoral reforms and trial the administration’s committedness to credible polls ahead of 2027.