Stakeholders have renewed the call on the Senate to reject the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as representative of Delta State in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). xEight months after her recommendation by President Muhammadu Buhari, the nominee appeared before the Senate Committee on INEC last Thursday for screening in line with constitutional requirements. xHe urged President Buhari to save his administration the image problem Onochie’s nomination would cause INEC by withdrawing her appointment. While reflecting on the hullabaloo the nomination has generated in the polity, the don declared: “This kind of controversy is really avoidable. The Senate is expected to receive the panel report at today’s plenary to guide the Red Chamber in its final decision on the matter.

Source: The Guardian July 13, 2021 03:10 UTC