Key Things To Know About New INEC Chair, Agbamuche-Mbu

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THE National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, May Agbamuche-Mbu, on Tuesday took over the mantle of leadership as the Acting Chairperson of the Commission from Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

Meet the personality of Agbamuche-Mbu in both public and private sectors.

May Agbamuche-Mbu, who hails from Delta State, is a seasoned legal practitioner with over three decades of experience working with diverse clients in both the public and private sector.

She was born in Kano where she attended St. Louis Secondary School and graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1984 with an LLB in Law.

After her call to the Bar in 1985, the new Acting INEC boss attended the College of Law, London and qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

She has an LLM with specialisation in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary and Westfield College, London and completed two postgraduate degree programmes in International Dispute Resolution and International Business Law respectively.

Agbamuche-Mbu is also an expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom Nigeria branch, where she served as Secretary to the Institute.

Between March 2010 and November 2011, May served on the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee, PPAC, as the sole solicitor, evaluating an extensive nationwide portfolio of major unfinished public projects in Nigeria and in March 2016, she was appointed a member of the Ministerial Committee set up to prepare The Road Map for the Solid Minerals Sector.

Her consistent exposure to public affairs/related projects put her in a unique position to build a reputable body of commentary and expert opinion in many specialized areas.