Senate confirms new Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new service chiefs in February.
The newly-appointed service chiefs have been confirmed by the Senate.
The confirmation was done during plenary on Wednesday which was a sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate joint Committees on Defence, Army and Navy which screened the nominees.
The service chiefs confirmed are Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff and Ibrahim Attahiru, both major generals.
Reps grill CDS, Service Chiefs designate for confirmation (PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter@HouseNGR)
Others are Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo, a rear admiral and Chief Air Staff, Oladayo Amao, an air vice marshal.
By Deji Elumoye
The Senate yesterday read a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of the newly appointed service chiefs.
Buhari had written formally to the Senate for the confirmation of the appointment of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and service chiefs.
He had also sought the consent of the upper legislative chamber for the appointment of the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin (rtd) and erstwhile service chiefs as non-career Ambassadors.
The two separate confirmation request letters were read yesterday at the resumption of Senate plenary after the Christmas break by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan.
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