- Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called for the removal of Mrs. Amina Zakari as acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying that her appointment does not conform with the 1999 Constitution.
The governor, who alleged that Zakari was President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law, said her appointment was dangerous to democracy.
Fayose, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, argued that Section 153 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which established INEC and other federal commissions, did not make any provision for the appointment of Acting Chairman.
He called on all lovers of democracy in the country to rise in defence of the impartiality of INEC, which he described as the only factor that could sustain democracy.
The governor said the most honourable thing for President Buhari to do was to rescind the “unlawful appointment of Mrs. Zakari as INEC acting chairperson.”
According to him, since Zakari’s tenure as INEC National Electoral Commissioner had expired, she could not continue to preside legally on INEC affairs, except if duly appointed as substantive chairman of the commission as provided in Section 154 (1) and (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The statement read, “One of the major legacies bequeathed to Nigeria by the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party government was a free, fair and credible electoral process and President Buhari, who is a beneficiary of this legacy, must sustain this legacy by ensuring that the impartiality of the electoral umpire is unblemished by suspicions of partisanship and illegal appointments.”
“Two weeks ago, a respected former lawmaker and former civil servant, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, revealed that he knew Mrs. Zakari since childhood, and that her late father, a former Emir of Kazaure, was married to President Buhari’s elder sister.
“Alhaji Yakassai went on to reveal that President Buhari spent a significant part of his early years in the home of Amina Zakari’s father.
“This is enough to establish conviviality between Mrs. Zakari and President Buhari, whose party, the All Progressives Congress will be standing elections with other political parties this year and this will no doubt cast credibility aspersion on any election conducted by INEC headed by Mrs Zakari.”
Declaring the appointment as illegal, he stated that, “Section 154 (3) provided that the President shall consult the Council of State in exercising his powers to appoint a person as the chairman of INEC and there is no record of such consultation before the appointment of Mrs Zakari as INEC ‘acting chairperson.’
“The only requisite condition for Mrs Zakari to be acting as the chairman of INEC is that she must be a National Electoral Commissioner and her tenure as National Electoral Commissioner ended on July 21, 2015.”
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Even if she's her mother nko? Fayose sef
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DeleteStop displaying ur stupidity....so u don't know d implications of having her as INEC chairlady? The sitting president's relative as INEC Chairlady???
Everywhere you turn na aboki be the chair person!
ReplyDeleteFayose talks too much! Does he have a candidate for that position
ReplyDeleteRead and learn than talking rubbish.
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Gbam! Ekaaro Gomina Fayose.
ReplyDeleteDs guy really needs to put a sock in it,he talks too much!
ReplyDeleteAlways making sense.
ReplyDeleteIf this allegations are true then the president should do the needful.
ReplyDeleteEnough of this padi padi tingz in government . Nepotism n favourism won't take us anywhere.
This guy knows everything. A very bad guy to hv as a political enemy
ReplyDeleteIrene b. Good morning... I dey gbadun your comments.
DeleteFayose the snooper!
ReplyDeleteChrist! Some Bvs are dumb. So fucking dumb! If this news is true then you all dunno d implication of having ones relative as an inec chairman. Shame on y'all. If this claim is true and Nigerians keep quiet???? May God help us all.
ReplyDeleteBaba Go Slow do the needful and remove your cousin abi your sister from that position. Noise makers APC
ReplyDeleteMtcheew. Always making noise. If PMB likes let him use his sister. U pple keep talking abt favourism abeg make una talk who will be in a position 2day and won't want to help his pple? Tell me if ur brother is holding a position and he doesn't help won't u pple complain. Abeg PMB is not a fool he knws wat he is doing. Let's just give dis man a chance to do d needful he never spend a year yet una no wan make he drink water drop cup. If after his tenure he didn't bring any change to dis country as he promised then we can all go ahead and criticise him but for now let him be abeg. And dis guy sabi talk talk I stil rem all d insult he insult Buhari during campaign so he shld just shut up already
ReplyDeleteYea just hold ur lips.....as u do for dat pix
ReplyDeleteOh Lord! This man again
ReplyDeleteThis guy can talk
ReplyDeleteFayose is very correct. Buhari's appointments is since coming to power is riddled with tribalism and regionalism.
ReplyDeleteHe should
ReplyDeleteFayose always saying the truth
This is not a 'can talk' or Fayose being talkative. He's right. There was no due process.
ReplyDeleteis this man a governor of nigeria or a governor in nigeria? is he the only governor? everyday he is busy on one national topic or the other, can somebody pls tell hm to govern his state sometimes pls. emtpy barrel.
ReplyDeleteWhen people know better, they do better. Hopefully, PMB in ensuring the rule of law in the land, absence of nepotism and transparency for a very sensitive appointment (INEC) will appoint an impartial head with no familial ties. To keep Amina Zakari as INEC's point person will undermine everything his administration stands for and is indeed: goodcause4trouble
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