{"id":44433,"date":"2021-06-09T14:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T13:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=44433"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T13:16:42","slug":"lawan-to-senate-panel-screen-lauretta-onochie-as-inec-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/09\/lawan-to-senate-panel-screen-lauretta-onochie-as-inec-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawan to senate panel: Screen Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria&#8217;s Senate President has called on the committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to screen a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as commissioner of the electoral body.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming eight months after President\u00a0Muhammadu Buhari asked the upper legislative chamber to screen and confirm her. The president sent his request for her confirmation in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Many Nigerians condemned the nomination because they believe Onochie is partisan. She is a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Onochie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/01\/31\/ondo-gov-poll-court-dismisses-suit-challenging-akeredolus-nomination\/\">nomination<\/a> and that of Muhammad Kallah, Kunle Ajayi, Saidu Ahmad, Sani Adam and Baba Bila were referred to the INEC panel after Yahaya Abdullahi, senate leader, moved a motion.<\/p>\n<p>But when Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader, was called on to second the motion, he protested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn seconding this motion, we had dealt with the matter of renomination of Lauretta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/president-buhari-wont-stop-foreign-medical-trips-says-lauretta-onochie\/\">Onochie<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel surprised that that same name has resurfaced not as a national commissioner but as a Delta state commissioner, Mr President, reluctantly, I second the motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawan clarified that the nominees are not state commissioners but national.<\/p>\n<p>He then gave the INEC committee two weeks to report back on the nominations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria&#8217;s Senate President has called on the committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to screen a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as commissioner of the electoral body. 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