The Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the screening of Lauretta Onochie and other nominees nine months after President Muhammadu forwarded their names for confirmation as national commissioners.
Onochie is Special Assistant to the President on Social Media. She was sighted in the Senate waiting to be screened.
On October 12, Bahari nominated Onochie (Delta), Professor Muhammad Sani Kallah (Katsina), Professor Kunle Cornelius Ajayi (Ekiti), Saidu Babura Ahmad (Jigawa), Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam (north central) and Dr. Baba Bila (north east) as national commissioners of INEC.
Onochie’s nomination had sparked an outrage from the opposition lawmakers and civil society groups, who argued that she was “too partisan” to be a commissioner in an important institution like INEC.
Last week, PDP leaders staged a peaceful protest at the National Assembly to demand the rejection of Onochie.
