The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The are Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea lrabor as 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 as Chief of Air staff.
The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Defence which recommended their confirmation.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had last week, referred the request of the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of the new service chiefs, to the Committee on Defence.
Lawan, gave the committee, led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, two weeks to carry out their assignments and report to the Senate in plenary.
The Senate confirmed their appointments both at the committee of the whole and at plenary on Tuesday following the Wamakko report’s consideration.
Theneed service chiefs replaced 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 Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
The former service chiefs have been appointed as non-career ambassadors.
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