The House of Representatives yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other national commissioners.

The House said INEC as presently constituted cannot carry out its constitutional functions of preparing for the incoming elections in some states of the federation.

In adopting a motion by Rep Edward Gyang Pwajok (PDP, Plateau), the House noted that since Jega’s departure with some commissioners, tenures of other national commissioners and some resident electoral commissioners’ (RECs)  have equally expired on August 10.

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