Amupitan, a non-partisan patriot – Senator
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Amupitan, Karimi noted, is a pan-Nigerian to the core, who, though from the Okun-Yoruba section of Kogi has lived most of his life in Plateau State from his first day in the university, through his doctorate, before pursuing an illustrious career over the past four decades.
By Richard Elesho
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Steve Karimi has described Professor Joash Amupitan who was nominated for appointment as the new chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as one of Nigeria’s finest scholars, most rigorous legal inquisitors, experienced administrators, and non-partisan patriots.
Karimi said this while conveying his appreciation to President Tinubu for appointing Amupitan who is from his senatorial district as the new chairman of INEC in a statement on Thursday.
Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who is also the incumbent Deputy Vice-Chancellor in-charge of Administration at the University of Jos, Plateau State, was proposed to the National Council of State, (NCS) for appointment of as the new INEC Chairman by President Tinubu.
He received the unanimous concurrence of the body to have Amupitan replace Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who was in office for one full decade.
Karimi, in a statement by his media officer, Busayo Tosin, said the President could not have made a better choice.
His words: “I feel personally gratified that Mr President has looked in the direction of my senatorial district for the appointment of an intellectual of astounding repute, a man of distinction and integrity for the chose of a helmsman for the nation’s electoral ombudsman.”
Amupitan, Karimi noted, is a pan-Nigerian to the core, who, though from the Okun-Yoruba section of Kogi, has lived most of his life in Plateau State from his first day in the university, through his doctorate, before pursuing an illustrious career over the past four decades. “Not forgetting that he underwent his National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), in Bauchi State in Nigeria’s North East,” Karimi noted. These, he noted, make him a thoroughbred “Arewa son.”
Senator Karimi expressed the collective appreciation of the people of Kogi West for the trust and confidence reposed in one of theirs. He expressed optimism that Prof. Amupitan sterling antecedents will stand him in good stead to be the very best head of a national electoral outfit Nigeria ever knew.
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