President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm his newly appointed service chiefs.
The request was conveyed in a letter read during Tuesday’s plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
According to the letter, the nominees include General Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General Waheedi Shaibu as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Idi Abbas as Chief of Naval Staff; Air Vice Marshal Kennedy Aneke as Chief of Air Staff; and Major-General Emmanuel Undiendeye as Chief of Defence Intelligence.
After reading the letter, Akpabio referred the nominees to the Committee of the Whole for screening and confirmation next week.
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The development follows President Tinubu’s closed-door meeting with the new service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.
Details later…
