Senate to Grill INEC Nominee Amupitan on Thursday
Last update: October 16, 2025
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The screening comes less than 24 hours after Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Tinubu’s letter requesting Amupitan’s confirmation on the Senate floor.
The Senate will on Thursday, October 16, 2025, screen Professor Joash Amupitan, President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for the position of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
CBI News reports that the announcement was made in a circular issued on Wednesday by the Senate’s Director of Information, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, and shared with journalists in Abuja.
The screening comes less than 24 hours after Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Tinubu’s letter requesting Amupitan’s confirmation on the Senate floor. According to the circular, the exercise will hold at the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly Complex.
“The Office of the Secretary, Research and Information wishes to notify members of the Press and the general public that the Senate will on Thursday, 16th October, 2025, conduct the screening of the nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, as INEC Chairman,” the statement read.
It added that members of the Senate Press Corps and television stations are expected to provide media and live coverage of the event.
If confirmed, Amupitan will succeed Mahmood Yakubu, who stepped down as INEC chairman on October 7, 2025.
