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Bola Tinubu Writes Senate Seeking Confirmation Of Service Chiefs

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate asking it to confirm the newly appointed service chiefs.

Tinubu’s letter was read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the resumption of the plenary session on Tuesday.

Akpabio said the service chiefs would be screened by the entire Senate in its chamber at a yet-to-be-announced date.

Tinubu had last week, written to the House of Representatives also seeking the confirmation of the newly appointed service chiefs.

Recall that the president appointed the service chiefs on June 19.

The ousted security chiefs included retired Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (National Security Adviser), Lucky Irabor (Chief of Defence Staff), Faruk Yahaya (Chief of Army Staff), Awwal Gambo (Chief of Naval Staff), and Isiaka Amao (Chief of Air Staff).

The new appointees include Nuhu Ribadu (National Security Adviser), Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa (Chief of Defence Staff), Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja (Chief of Army Staff), Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla (Chief of Naval Staff), and AVM Hassan Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff).

Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily reported on the profiles of the newly appointed service chiefs.

 

Richard Anyebe

Richard Anyebe is a senior reporter at Kanyi Daily News covering all things politics and trending human interest stories. He is based in Abuja. Contact this reporter at info@kanyidaily.com

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