The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, referred the request of the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), for the confirmation of new service chiefs, to the joint committees on Army, Navy and Air force for necessary screening.
Lawan, gave the committees two weeks to carry out their assignments.
The appointees for confirmation are Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea lrabor – Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru – Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo – Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka O. Amao – Chief of Air staff.
They are to replace the former Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chiefnof Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
Also on Wednesday, Lawan directed the committee on Foreign Affairs to screen the immediate past service chiefs who had been appointed by Buhari, as career ambassadors.
The panel was asked to conclude its assignments and submit its report within two weeks.
In the same vein, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Wednesday, read a letter from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), seeking the confirmation of the new service chiefs.
Gbajabiamila later constituted a panel made up of chairmen, deputy chairmen and some members of the military-related standing committees to screen the service chiefs,
The panel is to be led by Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Mr Babajimi Benson.
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