Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the service chiefs to identify competent officers to improve the security in the country.
Buhari gave the charge at the swearing-in ceremony of the service chiefs – Chief Maj Gen LEO Irabor (Defense), Maj Gen I Attahiru (Army), Rear Adm AZ Gambo (Navy), and AVM IO Alao (Air Force) in Abuja.
“I have charged the new Service Chiefs to keep in mind that the nation is looking to them for rapid relief,” Buhari said. x
“They must identify competent officers irrespective of seniority and paper qualifications, and work with them to secure this country. As C-in-C I am backing them 100 percent.
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Their confirmation followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa (APC, Bauchi).
An attempt by the Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, to draw the attention of his colleagues to a petition against their confirmation was stopped by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
Abaribe had asked Bulkachuwa to explain why the petition against them was dismissed but Lawan said the petition lacked merit.
The appointments
President Muhammadu Buhari had, on February 4, 2021, appointed the retired service chiefs as a non-career ambassador.
Special Adviser To The President On Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed the appointments in a statement.“In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designa
Special Adviser To The President On Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed the appointments in a statement.
“In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designate,” read a letter the president sent to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate.
The president appointed the Ex-Service Chiefs in 2015 and refused to bow to the pressure of relieving them of their duties until they “voluntarily resigned”.
Due to the rising insecurity across the country, different stakeholders had asked the president to inject fresh hands into the war against insecurity.