10 quick facts about INEC’s new Acting Chair, May Agbamuche-Mbu

Following the expiration of the tenure of erstwhile chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of May Agbamuche-Mbu as the new acting chairman.

Here are 10 quick things to know about the most senior national commissioner in INEC, now acting chairman:

1. The new acting chair of INEC, May Agbamuche-Mbu, is a legal practitioner with over three decades of experience working in both the public and private sectors.
2. She holds an LLB in Law degree from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), graduating in 1984.
3. Following her call to the Bar in 1985, she attended the College of Law, London, and qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
4. May obtained an LLM from Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, specialising in commercial and corporate law.
5. She bagged two postgraduate degree programmes in International Dispute Resolution and International Business Law, respectively.
6. An expert in alternative dispute resolution, the new INEC boss is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom, Nigeria chapter.
7. May served as solicitor for the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee (PPAC) from March 2010 to November 2011.
8. She was a member of the Ministerial Committee set up to prepare The Road Map for the Solid Minerals Sector in March 2016.
9. May Agbamuche-Mbu was the Chief Law Officer/Legal Counsel of THISDAY newspapers. She birthed the popular pull-out of the publication called THISDAY LAWYER.
10. She was the managing partner of her law firm in Lagos, Norfolk Partners, until she was appointed as a National Commissioner for INEC.