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A lobby may have begun for the position of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the tenure of the incumbent, Dr. Abel Guobadia, expires in March 2005. The Guardian gathered that a retired Supreme Court judge from the South East, a seasoned public administrator from the North and a political scientist from the South South might have indicated interest in the job. It was further learnt that the search for Gubobadia's replacement was being given top priority in the Presidency, following growing speculations that the INEC helmsman might resign in November, four months to the end of his tenure. Schedule Three, Part 1 established by Section 153 of the 1999 Constitution stipulates the conditions for the appointment of the chairman of INEC. Section 155, Subsection 1(c) however, specified the tenure. It says: "In the case of a person who is a member otherwise than as ex-officio member or otherwise than by virtue of his having previously held an office, for a period of five years from the date of his appointment." Guobadia, who assumed the chairmanship of the electoral body in 2000, following the death of Justice Ephraim Akpata, was rumoured to have... (Guardian) 
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