INEC Appoints Amina Zakari As Head Of Collation Centre For The 2019 Elections

INEC Appoints Amina Zakari As Head Of Collation Centre For The 2019 Elections

The Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC), has
appointed Amina Zakari as the head the collation centre for the 2019
general elections. Zakari is to head the committee on collation centre,
one of the two committees for the election which the commission
inaugurated today January 3rd.

Speaking during the inauguration of the committees in Abuja, INEC
chairman Mahmood Yakubu, said the committees shall be responsible for
the national collation centre which would be situated at
the International Conference Centre, from where results of the
Presidential election will be announced.

“It will serve as the secretariat for collation of results and venue
for briefing of international observers and the media,” he said.

The former INEC Director of Operations, who hails from Daura,
President Buhari’s hometown, was last year moved to Health and Welfare
arm of the Commission. She was appointed acting INEC chairman
immediately after Attahiru Jega’s tenure expired. She was in office
until the current chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu was appointed.