{"id":35474,"date":"2020-10-15T10:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474"},"modified":"2020-10-15T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:06:05","slug":"senate-confirms-chukwu-as-rec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Chukwu as REC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nigerian-Senate.-.jpg\" alt=\"PIB passes first reading in Senate\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr. Chukwuemeka Chukwu as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confirmation of the nominee followed the adoption of the report on the screening exercise presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/shehu-sani-mocks-buharis-nomination-of-lauretta-onochie-as-inec-commissioner\/\">INEC<\/a>, Kabiru Gaya, at the plenary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Chukwu\u2019s confirmation was made pursuant to the provision of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaya said: \u201cHaving studied the nominee\u2019s curriculum vitae and other relevant documents in addition to exhaustive interaction and deliberations, the committee members were unanimously satisfied with the nominee considering his wealth of experiences, exposure, performances, qualifications, competence, and integrity as required by the Constitution, and found him suitable for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr. Chukwuemeka Chukwu as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The confirmation of the nominee followed the adoption of the report on the screening exercise presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on&nbsp;INEC, Kabiru Gaya, at the plenary. He said Chukwu\u2019s confirmation was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate confirms Chukwu as REC &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legislature\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=36\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Senate confirms Chukwu as REC\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate confirms Chukwu as REC &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35474#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legislature","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=36"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Senate confirms Chukwu as REC"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=36\" rel=\"category\">Legislature<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr. Chukwuemeka Chukwu as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The confirmation of the nominee followed the adoption of the report on the screening exercise presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on&nbsp;INEC, Kabiru Gaya, at the plenary. 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