NAMES OF COMMISSIONERS WITH DESIGNATION,
DEPARTMENT OR FUNCTIONS

	Ambassador Professor S.O. EMEJUAIWE CHAIRMAN General Administration
CHIEF ONYEMA OLUJIE Commissioner I Secretary To The Commission		HON. CHUKWU IZUKA Commissioner II Logistics, Planning Research and Statistics

HON. Chief Okezie Erondu Commissioner III Estate and Works	Hon. Barrister Ogba Ude Ndukwe Commissioner IV Legal Matters and Publicity
HON. CHIEF G. O. C. NNAJI Commissioner V Finance and Supply	Hon. Adindu Nwakwuribe Commissioner VI Field Services

» A Message from the Chairman

A commitment for transparency, objectivity and unrestrained vision for conducting highly acceptable Local Government Elections to ensure sustainable democracy in the third tier of government.

» History and Mission Statement And Objective Of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission

The Commission was inaugurated on May, 9th 2001 with a Chairman and 6 Commissioners.

The mission statement of the commission is – vision for conducting free and fair elections into the Local Government Councils of Abia State.

The Federal provision for the creation of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission is section 197 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which empowers the Commission to conduct elections into the Local Government Councils of Abia State of Nigeria and such other constitutional duties like bye-elections in the councils and conduct of referendum, which will be given to the Commission from time to time.

The State provision for the existence of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission is the Abia State of Nigeria official gazette No 2 Vol 12 of 11/3/2003 (which took a retrospective effect from 9/5/2001).

The Commission has a determination to enthrone acceptable democratic leadership in the local government councils of Abia State.