End of tenure: Zakari’s appointment as acting Chairman overrides tenure - INEC

Though her tenure as a National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ended on Tuesday, Mrs. Amina Zakari, will remain in office because of her recent appointment as the acting Chairman of the commission, INEC has said.

Zakari is among the National Commissioners whose tenure effectively ended on Tuesday but she nonetheless reported at her duty post as usual showing no signs to pulling out of the top job.

Justifying her continued stay in office, INEC’s Deputy Director of Publicity, Nick Dazang, explained that the letter appointing her as an acting Chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari last month supersedes her exit date as a National Commissioner, adding that she would continue to oversee the affairs of the commission pending the appointment of a substantive Chairman.