Senate Go Screen Prof Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chair Today

Senate go screen Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan for di position of INEC Chairman today (Thursday) after President Bola Tinubu nominate am. Dis matter waka quick as Tinubu letter asking Senate to confirm Amupitan waka floor just 24 hours ago, and Senate prepare to do di screening for National Assembly Complex. Amupitan nomination follow di National Council of State approval last week, as Prof. Mahmood Yakubu don waka go after 10 years for di electoral commission. Tinubu talk say dis appointment na according to di 1999 Constitution and ask lawmakers to confirm am sharp sharp. E be Senior Advocate of Nigeria and di screening go important because e go test how serious government dey about credible elections before 2027.

Some people from opposition and civil society dey watch well well to make sure di confirmation process transparent. Northern Nigeria Minorities Group (NNMG) don warn say make nobody no use ethnicity make noise about Amupitan appointment because e be Okun man from Kogi, one minority group for North. NNMG convener, Chief Jacob Edi, talk say dis appointment na historic one because no northern minority don lead INEC since 1959. E call dis ethnic wahala wey some people dey talk “dangerous” and say e no go help national unity. E talk say dis kind mindset don start since Obasanjo time when some northern minorities appointments no dey respected. NNMG beg everybody to see northern minorities as equal part of Nigeria, not just small minority. E add say President Tinubu deserve praise for recognising dis diversity. E call make people stop all dis identity politics and focus on competence and fairness, so Nigeria democracy go grow better and e urge Nigerians to support Prof Amupitan as e prepare to lead INEC.