The Senate on Wednesday asked its committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen Professor Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman for another five-year tenure as President Muhammadu Buhari had requested.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on Wednesday, gave the Senator Kabiru Gaya-led INEC panel, one week within which to screen Yakubu and submit its report.

Yakubu would be screened along with another nominee, Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru who has been appointed as National Commissioner in the agency.

Lawan asked the committee to submit its report next Tuesday, saying that the Senate would consider the INEC panel report at plenary next Tuesday for confirmation.

Recall that the Senate had on Tuesday received a request from Buhari to confirm Yakubu, for a second and final term in office.

The request was contained in a letter dated 21st October, 2020, and read on the floor by the President of the Senate.