{"id":236409,"date":"2025-10-09T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/obidient-movement-congratulates-new-inec-chairman-calls-for-credible-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:38:44","slug":"obidient-movement-congratulates-new-inec-chairman-calls-for-credible-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/obidient-movement-congratulates-new-inec-chairman-calls-for-credible-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Obidient Movement Congratulates New INEC Chairman, Calls for Credible Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Obidient Movement has congratulated Professor Joash Amupitan on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>The movement expressed optimism that his leadership will usher in a new era of credible and transparent elections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement jointly signed by Nana Kazaure, Director of Strategic Communications and Media, and Dr. Yunusa Tanko, National Coordinator of the movement, the group extended its \u201cwarm felicitations\u201d to the newly appointed electoral chief.<\/p>\n<p>They described his emergence as an opportunity to restore public confidence in Nigeria\u2019s electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cWe are hopeful that your tenure will mark a significant milestone in the electoral history of Nigeria,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to seeing a new electoral act that will enhance the credibility, freedom, and fairness of our elections, particularly as we approach the 2027 General Elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations once again, and we look forward to a new era of electoral excellence under your leadership,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Amupitan\u2019s appointment, recently approved by the Council of State, follows the conclusion of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu\u2019s tenure as INEC Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>His leadership is expected to play a decisive role in shaping the conduct and integrity of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obidient Movement has congratulated Professor Joash Amupitan on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The movement expressed optimism that his leadership will usher in a new era of credible and transparent elections in Nigeria. In a statement jointly signed by Nana Kazaure, Director of Strategic Communications and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Obidient-Movement.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}