Senate Confirms Appointment Of Service Chiefs
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has confirmed the nomination of Service Chiefs after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had sacked the former Service Chiefs
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has confirmed the nomination of Service Chiefs after, President Bola Tinubu sacked the former Service Chiefs
The Chief of Defence Staff nominee, Major General Christopher Musa, and three other officers nominated as Service Chiefs appeared before the Senate, on Thursday, for screening, which was held behind closed doors.
The service chiefs confirmed 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), IGP Kayode Egbetokun (Acting Inspector-General of Police), and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye (Chief of Defense Intelligence).
Tinubu, on 19 June, 2022, sacked the former service chiefs and appointed new ones to replace them.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, before the commencement of plenary read executive Communication, the which includes the letter of the president to sought approval of an $800 million loan facility from the World Bank to fund social safety net programme.
The President also asked for the Senate approval to amend the 2022 supplementary appropriation act by extracting N500 billion out of the N819 billion for the provision of palliatives to cushion the effects of subsidy removal.
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