Breaking: Senate Approves Appointment of President Bola Tinubu's Service Chiefs
- The Senate has confirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nomination of service chiefs after he sacked the former commanders
- The Chief of Defence Staff nominee, Major General Christopher Musa, and the other officers nominated as service chiefs appeared before the senate in Abuja
- Major-General Christopher Musa and other officers had a behind-closed-door screening session with the federal lawmakers
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FCT, Abuja - The Senate on Thursday, July 13, confirmed the appointment of Major General Christopher Musa as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after a three-hour closed-door screening session.
The Senate, led by Senator Godswill Akpabio, also confirmed the nomination of other service chiefs as transmitted to them by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for confirmation, The Nation reported.
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Akpabio-led senate okays appointment of Major General Lagbaja and other service chiefs
The service chiefs confirmed by the senate include Major-General Taoreed Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, Vanguard newspaper also reported.
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Tinubu had on Tuesday, July 11, urged the senate to screen and confirm the CDS and other service chiefs' nominees for substantive appointments. Now the red chamber has heeded.
Prior to the confirmation, the service chiefs went into a closed-door session where the lawmakers engaged them from 12:42 pm to 3:00 pm.
Upon arrival on the floor of the house, their presence was acknowledged through a motion moved by the senate majority leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.
The Ekiti lawmaker encouraged his colleagues to consider the request of President Bola Tinubu on the confirmation of the nomination of service chiefs.
The senate gave two minutes each to the CDS and the service chiefs to introduce themselves before the chamber went behind closed doors at 12:42 pm.
It was at the session that their appointments were confirmed.
The full list of the confirmed service chiefs are:
Maj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff
Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff
Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff
AVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff
DIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police
Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye, Chief of Defence Intelligence
Senate commences screening, confirmation of CDS, service chiefs
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Senate commenced the screening of Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, and Service Chiefs, including Major General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the letter during plenary on Tuesday, July 11.
President Tinubu had appointed the service chiefs on Monday, June 19.
Source: Legit.ng
