Meet The New INEC Chairman,Prof Mahmud Yakubu.

The Council of States on Wednesday confirmed Professor Mahmud Yakubu as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The confirmation was made at the council’s emergency meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Before his new appointment, Mr. Yakubu was the executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
He was a member of Oby Ezekwesili Educational Transformation Team.
He was also a member of the 2014 National Conference.

He is a Professor of Political History and International Studies. Yakubu is an Expert in Guerrilla Warfare, Terrorism and Counter Terrorism. He also teaches War and Society in Pre Colonial Africa.

Professor Yakubu is the first and only First Class graduate of history from the North till date, who was on secondment from the Nigeria Defense Academy where he was a lecturer to the Federal Ministry of Education.