Former INEC Boss Jega Resumes As Lecturer in BUK

 Former INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Monday, July 6, resumed at the Bayero University Kano (BUK). 

The immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Monday, July 6, resumed at the Bayero University Kano (BUK).

 The former INEC boss was the Vice Chancellor of the university until he got appointed as INEC chairman by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010.

 Jega who left the institution five years ago to INEC, completed his tenure at the electoral body last Tuesday.

 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Jega before going back to his office at the Department of Political Science visited the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.

 The Director of Public Affairs of the institution, Mallam Ahmad Shehu said the VC accompanied the former INEC boss to his office.

 “Jega resumed today but he first went to the VC’s office. The VC accompanied him to his office and he was received by the Head of Department of Political Science with his colleagues, “Shehu said.

 According to findings, the BUK authorities had renovated Jega’s office ahead of his return.

 Jega is now the fifth of former vice-chancellors of the university who are still within the institution’s environment.

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