INEC redeploys RECs, directors

Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and four directors across the country.

INEC announced this in a statement by its Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.

According to the statement, the REC in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has been redeployed to Ogun State, while his counterpart in Ogun State, Prof. AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, will take charge as REC, Osun State.

Also, the REC in Bayelsa State, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, will take up his new role as the REC for Cross River State, and  Dr Emannuel Alex Hart proceeds to Bayelsa State as the REC from his former office in Cross River State.

In a related development, the REC in Zamfara State, Dr Asmau Sani Maikudi, has also been redeployed to Kaduna State.

The statement explained that the redeployments are part of the commission’s routine administrative postings.

It further added that the Director (Voter Education and Publicity), Mr. Nick Dazang, has proceeded on terminal leave.

Consequently, Mr. Victor Ayodele Aluko has been reassigned from Director (Administration) to Voter Education and Publicity as Director, while Mr. Mikah Thabbal Lakumna has been redeployed to Administration from his erstwhile position as Director (Security).

Continuing, Mr. Nduh Lebari Samson moves from the office of the Secretary to the Commission to Director (Security).

Mr. Yakubu Mohammed Duku, Director in the Electoral Operations Department, proceeds to Niger State as the substantive Administrative Secretary.

“The handing/taking over activities should be completed by Monday, September 13”, the statement said.