Tinubu to Amupitan: Serve with integrity beyond reproach

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, connected Thursday successful Abuja, swore successful the sixth substantive president of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN.

At the ceremonial held astatine the State House Council Chamber, President Tinubu urged the caller INEC Chairman to service with integrity and beyond reproach.

A connection by statesmanlike spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, quoted Tinubu arsenic saying: “Your information and the consequent confirmation by the Senate are a testament to your capableness and the assurance reposed successful you by some the enforcement and the legislative arms of government.

“This important accomplishment marks the opening of a challenging, yet rewarding journey, and I spot that you volition attack your work with the highest level of integrity, dedication and patriotism.”

President Tinubu noted that the state had been connected a way of antiauthoritarian governance and learning since 1999, with notable achievements successful the strengthening of assorted institutions.

“Our ideology has travel a agelong mode successful 25 years. We person consolidated and strengthened our antiauthoritarian institutions, peculiarly successful electoral systems, done innovations and reforms.

“We person learned a large woody on the mode and person improved importantly from wherever we were galore years ago. We indispensable present stay committed to the principles that underpin ideology successful a analyzable and multifaceted society.

“The electoral process is simply a captious portion of a ideology that grants the radical the exclusive close to take their leaders and signifier their future. To guarantee that our ideology continues to flourish, the integrity of our electoral process indispensable beryllium beyond reproach,” helium added.

President Tinubu stated that the governorship predetermination connected November 8, 2025, successful Anambra State volition service arsenic a litmus trial for the caller enactment of the electoral commission.

“It is important that our elections are free, just and credible. We indispensable consistently amended our electoral process, addressing the challenges of yesterday and innovating for contiguous and tomorrow.

“To support nationalist spot successful the election, electoral integrity indispensable beryllium protected. All aspects of the process – from registration to campaigning, the media access, voting and counting should beryllium transparent, non–violent and credible.

“No electoral strategy is flawless, but since elections are captious to a nation’s future, it is indispensable to continually fortify electoral institutions, ensuring that they are robust, resilient and safeguarded against artificial setback.

“I truthful complaint you, Prof Amupitan, arsenic you instrumentality connected this important duty to support the integrity of our electoral process and fortify the organization capableness of INEC.

The swearing-in ceremonial follows the Senate’s confirmation of the INEC Chairman’s information connected October 16.

My mandate is to guarantee credible, fair, escaped predetermination –Amupitan

In a abbreviated interrogation with State House correspondents, Prof. Amupitan said helium was fixed a wide mandate to guarantee a credible, escaped and just predetermination successful the country.

His swearing-in took spot during the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima and attended by authorities governors and cardinal furniture members successful complaint of the economy.

He said helium would beryllium steadfast portion carrying retired his assignment, promised to support Nigeria’s Constitution.

He said: “So I volition reaffirm what I person conscionable taken, that I’m going to support the Constitution and the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic acold arsenic it relates to the electoral system, and similar the President said, I was fixed a wide complaint to guarantee credible, just and escaped election.

“Not conscionable that, I volition guarantee that that is done. I’m besides going to prosecute each the stakeholders, due to the fact that nary substance however you acceptable the barometer and the level of success, you inactive request each the stakeholders to beryllium capable to succeed.”