The Senate has confirmed the nomination of 15 of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
According to The PUNCH, he confirmation followed the adoption of the report by the Senate Committee on INEC at the plenary on Thursday, 1st of June 2017.
Chairman of the committee, Senator Suleiman Nazif, while presenting the report, said all the nominees given a clean bill as they were cleared by the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services and the Code of Conduct Bureau.
He added that the remaining nominees were still under screening by the panel and would be confirmed if they are qualified.
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