Amina Bala Zakari is first woman to ever head Nigerian elections after her commission appointment | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Amina Bala Zakari as acting chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Zakari is the first woman in Nigeria’s history to lead the African nation’s election body, although in acting capacity. She assumed the top post of Nigeria’s election body on Tuesday after former elections chairman Attahiru Jega bowed out…