The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sworn in 19 newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).
Chairman of the Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu who presided over the swearing in at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, charged them to devote their loyalty to Nigeria and not compromise the integrity of the commission.
After they sworn in, Yakubu deployed the 19 RECs to their geopolitical zones although outside their states of origin, in line with INEC’s regulation that forbids a commissioner from serving in his or her home state.
Meanwhile, five of the 19 RECs are returning commissioners who were reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari and approved by the Senate.
