Outrageous: Buhari asks Senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded
the name of Lauretta Onochie to the Senate for confirmation as a commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Onochie who is from Delta state is currently the President’s aide on social media.

Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday.

However, the announcement has generated a lot of reactions from Nigerians especially on the social media.

Many described the action of the President as an attempt to rubbish the independence of INEC and to install more APC members into it in preparation for the 2023 elections.

Apart from Onochie, Buhari also asked the Senate to confirm Mohammed Sani (Katsina), Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti) and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa) as commissioners of the electoral commission.

In another letter, Buhari asked the upper legislative chamber to confirm three nominees as executive directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).

The nominees are Ifeanyi Christian (South-East), Muhammad Gambo (North-East) and Abubakar Ismaeel (North-West).

The president’s request for confirmation of the nominees will be referred to the appropriate committees to handle on Wednesday.