President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter requesting the confirmation of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs was referred to the Senate Joint Committee on Defence, Army, Airforce and Navy for further legislative work.
AHEAD of the screening and subsequent confirmation of immediate past Service Chiefs whose names have been forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency said yesterday that it was not lobbying the Upper Chamber to confirm them.
The Presidency declared Monday that it is not lobbying Senators for the Confirmation of appointments of the former Service Chiefs who will be facing the Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Bauchi North led Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for screening.
Recall that President Buhari had on Thursday last week , through a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media , Femi Adesina , forwarded request for Confirmation to the Senate , Ambassadorial nominations of former Chief of Defence Staff , General Gabriel Olonisakin , former Chief of Army Staff , Lt- Gen Yusuf Tukur Buratai , former Chief of Air Staff , Air Vice Marshall , Abubakar Sadeeq and former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibo
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Ahead of Tuesday’s resumption of plenary by the National Assembly, the Senate has said it won’t be in a hurry to confirm immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors.
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week sent the names of the former service chiefs to the Senate for confirmation as non-career ambassadors barely nine days after they resigned from their respective positions.
The ambassador-designates are retired Defence Chief, Abayomi Olonisakin; former Army Chief, Lieutenant Tukur Buratai; former Naval Chief, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and former Air Chief, Sadique Abubakar.
Speaking with journalist on Monday, Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdulllahi, disclosed that the letter from President Buhari would be read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. He, however, disclosed that the former service chiefs would be subjected to screening by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs before their confirmation.