Senate: Thank you, but…, by Tonnie Iredia
Each time a ruling party in our clime nominates an election official essentially to help it rig elections, the relevant senate committee would rush to confirm the nominee no matter the number of petitions against the nomination.
Although a few senators had urged the senate to exercise some restraint as a confirmation of the nominee would appear insensitive, the senate went ahead to clear Professor Fasina for the position of non-career ambassador.
Some weeks ago, one analyst had argued that nothing would stop the confirmation of Fasina because the ruling party cannot disappoint a person who had served as INEC’s Returning Officer at a Governorship Election.
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