The Federal Government may have decided to
find a replacement for the Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega.
According to Vanguard newspaper, Jega will likely be proceeding on a
three months terminal leave with effect from March 1, 2015 in compliance
with the civil service procedure and will be replaced by Professor
Nazim Olufemi Mimiko.
“The government is considering bringing in another
academic from the South-West… a professor of Political Science and
International Relations who is said to be a sibling of a serving
governor in the South-West, who is a close ally of President Goodluck
Jonathan and his party,” the online portal reports.
Pulse Nigeria reports that Professor Nazim Olufemi Mimiko is a professor of Political Science
and International Relations and the immediate past Vice Chancellor of
the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State.
He is also said to be a sibling of the current Governor of
Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko.
