{"id":35101,"date":"2020-10-13T14:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35101"},"modified":"2020-10-13T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:33:01","slug":"buhari-nominates-aide-onochie-for-post-as-inec-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35101","title":{"rendered":"Buhari nominates aide, Onochie, for post as INEC commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Lauretta-Onochie.jpg\" alt=\"PRESIDENTIAL AIDE TO SENATORS: You were rejects until you rode on Buhari's back to Senate\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the Senate,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/buharis-decision-on-sars-a-demonstration-of-good-leadership-lawan\/\">Ahmad Lawan<\/a>&nbsp;said Buhari submitted Onochie\u2019s name to the Senate for Screening and subsequent confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onochie\u2019s name and three others were contained in a letter Buhari forwarded to the Nigerian Senate, urging the lawmakers to approve their nomination as INEC commissioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read the letter during the plenary of the lawmakers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other names in the list apart from Onchie who hails from Delta State are Professor Mohammed Sani, Katsina; Professor Kunle Ajayi, Ekiti and Seidu Ahmed, Jigawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAppointment for Commissioners for INEC. Pursuant to paragraph 14 of part 11 of the first schedule of the 1999 constitution,\u201d Buhari stated in the letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President of the Senate,&nbsp;Ahmad Lawan&nbsp;said Buhari submitted Onochie\u2019s name to the Senate for Screening and subsequent confirmation. 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