Tinubu Confers National Honour On Ex-INEC Chair Yakubu, Accepts His Exit

President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nationalist honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) connected Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate-past president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), successful designation of his work to Nigeria and his relation successful strengthening the nation’s democracy.

The honour came arsenic Professor Yakubu concluded his 2nd word successful bureau arsenic the caput of the electoral body.

In a connection issued connected Tuesday, the President’s Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that Tinubu has formally accepted Yakubu’s exit from bureau and commended his dedication to credible elections during his tenure.

“President Tinubu thanked Professor Yakubu for his services to the federation and his efforts to prolong Nigeria’s democracy, peculiarly done the organisation of escaped and just elections passim his two-term tenure,” Onanuga stated.

He added that the President’s motion was a people of appreciation for Yakubu’s “contributions to the nation” and his “commitment to antiauthoritarian governance.”

“In designation of Yakubu’s dedicated work to the nation, President Tinubu has bestowed connected him the honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger,” the connection read.

The President has besides directed that May Agbamuche-Mbu, the astir elder National Commissioner astatine INEC, instrumentality implicit successful an acting capableness pending the assignment of a substantive chairman.

“President Tinubu besides directed that Professor Yakubu should manus implicit to the astir elder nationalist commissioner, May Agbamuche-Mbu, who volition nonstop the affairs of the committee until the completion of the process to name a successor,” Onanuga added.

Professor Yakubu was archetypal appointed successful November 2015 arsenic the 14th Chairman of the committee and reappointed for a 2nd word successful 2020.

His tenure was marked by large electoral reforms and the instauration of technological innovations specified arsenic the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV), which aimed to heighten transparency and credibility successful Nigeria’s electoral process.