Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has nominated Joash Ojo Amupitan, a law professor, as the country's new electoral chief.
If confirmed by the senate, the 58-year-old scholar will be the first native of Kogi state in the north-central region to head the country's election agency.
Amupitan was described as an "apolitical" person by Tinubu in a statement posted by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga on Thursday.
His nomination comes at a time when Nigeria's electoral commission is under increased scrutiny, with growing calls for greater transparency, better technology, and the quicker announcement of election results.
Amupitan, who currently serves as the deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Jos, has spent more than three decades in academia and legal practice.
