 Meantime, the President has written to the Senate to confirm 19 nominees as resident electoral commissioners for the Independence National Electoral Commission, INAG. The confirmation request of the upper chamber was contained in a letter dated 25th of July. The letter was read up later by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari in the letter said the request for the confirmation of the nominees was in accordance with the provisions of section 154 subsection 1 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. He explained that five of the resident electoral commissioners are for renewal while the other four teams are fresh appointments.