JUST IN: Senate confirms Amupitan as INEC chair

Mr Amupitan, a professor, was confirmed via a voice vote after he was screened in the Committee of the Whole for about three hours.

The Senate has confirmed Joash Amupitan as the chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The upper legislative chamber confirmed Mr Amupitan, a professor, via a voice vote after about three hours of screening in the Committee of the Whole, during which he was asked questions by the lawmakers

After reverting to plenary, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, put the question on the confirmation, and the lawmakers voted in support without any dissenting voice.

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