Why Amina Zakari Can Never Be INEC Chairman – Ex-Minister

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi who is founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that the acting head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Amina Zakari, can never be made the substantive chairman.

Gbagi, who served as Minister under former President, Goodluck Jonathan told Vanguard that notwithstanding her level of competence, 

“I can confirm to you that Amina Zakari will never be chairperson of INEC”.He stressed further: “I can assure you that Buhari is too sensible to make Amina the substantive INEC chairperson no matter how competent she is. The history of Nigeria has made it that the President and the INEC chair always come from different regions. Amina is only bidding time in INEC. She will go when Buhari finds a competent person. 

“A government’s business cannot be left in a vacuum. When the last chairman was leaving, somebody necessarily must take over in an acting capacity. What we have is a transition to a different government. 

“In a country where the President is inundated with many criminals, he has to take his time to appoint the right person for an important agency as INEC,” he stated.