November 25, 2024
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, reappointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for another five-year term.

Yakubu, a professor of Political History and International Studies, became INEC’s chairman after the president’s nomination was ratified during an emergency Council of State meeting held on October 21, 2015.

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His first term tenure will come to an end on 9, November, but with his reappointment, Yakubu has become the first INEC chairman to have a second term.

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