Abdulrazak Yusuf Tukur has been nominated by President Tinubu as the National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing the North West.
In a statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President nominated lawyer Saseyi Feyijimi Ibiyemi, as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Ondo State.
The statement read, “Tukur, 59, has a Bachelor of Arts from Bayero University, a postgraduate diploma in Economics from Bradford University, England and a Master of Arts from Leeds University, also in England.
“He began working for INEC in 1999 as assistant chief administrative officer and rose to become the director of Electoral Operations and Logistics.”
It added, “Ibiyemi, 58, who hails from Ilaje in Ondo State, is currently the Administrative Secretary of INEC in Lagos State.
“She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1987 and was called to the bar in 1988.”