PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded to the Senate for Screening and subsequent confirmation, his Special Assistant, Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday read the letter from President Buhari of Nigeria, who forwarded the name of Lauretta Onochie from Delta along side three other National Commissioners.

Others are Prof. Mohammed Sani from Katsina State; Prof. Kunle Ajayi from Ekiti State and Seidu Ahmed from Jigawa.

This was also confirmed by the official twitter handle of the Nigerian Senate.