Friday Olokor, AbujaThe Independent National Electoral Commission will on Thursday (today) publish the final list of candidates for governorship, state houses of assembly and the Federal Capital Territory’s area councils elections on its website and all state offices nationwide. The commission’s Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday during the inauguration of a new Resident Electoral Commissioner, Monday Tom, from Akwa Ibom State. The commission is awaiting the confirmation and appointment of the nominee from Osun State. While deploying the REC in Bayelsa State, Yakubu charged him to be responsible for the implementation of the commission’s policies. “Furthermore, as a REC, you can be posted to any part of the country at any time as the exigencies of service require.

Source: Punch January 30, 2019 23:48 UTC