The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has carried out a major shake-up in its operations.
The aim, it was said, was to re-strategise and reposition for the challenges and tasks ahead 2023.
In a statement in Abuja by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, it announced the redeployment of five states Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and four directors.
Although the Commission did not give explicit reasons for the shakeup, it, however, casually noted in the statement that it was part of INEC’s routine administrative postings.
The affected commissioners and directors include: RECs for Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje, redeployed to Ogun State, his Ogun counterpart, Prof. AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, who takes charge as REC Osun State.
Others are Bayelsa State REC, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, who takes up his new role in Cross River State, Dr. Emannuel Alex Hart will proceed to Bayelsa State as the REC from his former Cross River office, while Zamfara State REC, Dr. Asmau Sani Maikudi, has been redeployed to Kaduna State.
In the directorate cadre, the commission reassigned Victor Ayodele Aluko from Director (Administration) to Voter Education and Publicity, Mikah Thabbal Lakumna is redeployed to Administration from his erstwhile position as Director (Security), while Nduh Lebari Samson moves from the office of the Secretary to the Commission to Director (Security) just as Yakubu Mohammed Duku, Director Electoral Operations Department, proceeds to Niger State as the substantive Administrative Secretary.
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Titled ‘redeployment of five RECs and four Directors, the statement read: “INEC has redeployed five RECs. In the new postings, the REC, Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje, has been redeployed to Ogun State. At the same time, his counterpart in Ogun State, Prof. AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, will take charge as REC, Osun State.
“In the same vein, the REC, Bayelsa State, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, will take up his new role as the REC for Cross River State, while Dr. Emannuel Alex Hart proceeds to Bayelsa State as the REC from his former office in Cross River State.
The REC, Zamfara State, Dr. Asmau Sani Maikudi, has also been redeployed to Kaduna State.
“Similarly, the Director (Voter Education and Publicity), Nick Dazang, has proceeded on terminal leave. Consequently, Victor Ayodele Aluko, has been reassigned from Director (Administration) to Voter Education and Publicity as Director, while Mikah Thabbal Lakumna is redeployed to Administration from his erstwhile position as Director (Security).
“Nduh Lebari Samson moves from the office of the Secretary to the Commission to Director (Security) 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, 2021. The redeployments are part of the Commission’s routine administrative postings.”