Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Senate has commenced the screening and confirmation process for the new Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan.

The exercise began at about 12:40 p.m. after the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, moved a motion to admit the nominee into the chamber in line with the Senate's standing rules.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is presiding over the session at the committee of the Whole.

Mr Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), arrived at the chamber in the company of senior officials of the electoral commission and family members.

President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday, written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of Mr Amupitan's appointment as INEC chairpe...