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INEC chair Amupitan to assume office Thursday

Mr Amupitan would be meeting with the directors of the commission at the INEC Headquarters on the same day.

• October 22, 2025
Joash Amupitan
Joash Amupitan [Credit: Punch Newspaper]

The new chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, is expected to assume office on Thursday.

According to an invitation by the director, voter education and publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, Mr Amupitan would be meeting with the directors of the commission at the INEC Headquarters on the same day.

Mr Amupitan is expected to be sworn in by President Bola Tinubu at the National Executive Council (FEC) meeting before he officially takes over the affairs of the commission.

The 58-year-old professor of Law at the University of Jos and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was on Thursday confirmed as INEC chairman by the Senate after a voice vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

(NAN)

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