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Post Buratai, ex-service chiefs to neighbouring countries – Lawan
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to post former service chiefs to neighbouring countries as ambassadors.
Lawan stated this after the Senate at plenary confirmed the ex-service chiefs as ambassadors-designate.
The former service chiefs confirmed are Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin (retd), Ekiti; Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), Borno; Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), Cross River; Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd), Bauchi; and Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Usman (retd), Kano.
The Senate President advised the executive to deploy them to countries where their experiences as former military officers would be required.