{"id":57294,"date":"2021-07-12T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=57294"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:39:49","slug":"jega-kicks-against-onochie-as-inec-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/12\/jega-kicks-against-onochie-as-inec-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jega kicks against Onochie as INEC commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has kicked against the nomination of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as INEC\u2019s National Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Protests have greeted the nomination of Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Mohammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Although she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/08\/breaking-inec-job-i-stopped-being-apc-member-after-2019-election-onochie-tells-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted that she was a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) before the 2019 general elections<\/a>, Onochie during her screening by the Senate Committee on Thursday, denied being a member of any political party in Nigeria at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jega in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday, said the controversy that trailed Onochie\u2019s nomination should have been avoided.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are many other eligible women for the job and Buhari could withdraw Onochie\u2019s nomination and replace her with another female from her state.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, called on the Senate to apply the laws to avoid a situation whereby elections she participate in may be viewed as being biased.<\/p>\n<p>Jega said, \u201cThis kind of controversy is really avoidable. 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