The newly appointed Service chiefs have been requested by President Bola Tinubu in a letter to the Senate.
In a plenary session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the request for the commanders of the defense staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, the army chief, Major-General Waheedi Shaibu, the chief of naval staff, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas, the air chief, Air vice-martial Kennedy Aneke, and the commander of defense intelligence, Major-General Emmanuel Undiendeye.
President Tinubu urged the Senate to consider the appointments as quickly as possible in the correspondence.
Next week, the committee of the committee would hear the request for nomination screening and confirmation.
READ MORE: Tinubu Meets Service Chiefs in Closed-Door Meetings.
The military hierarchy was recently reorganized by Tinubu. General Christopher Musa was replaced by Oluyede, a former chief of army staff, as the chief of defense staff, after Tinubu removed him.
However, he kept in charge of the defense intelligence division as Major-General E. A. P. Undiendeye.
According to presidential adviser Sunday Dare, the rejigging was a result of “the Federal Government of Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen the national security architecture.”
He wrote that “every appointment comes into effect right away.”
However, some military leaders have criticized the move, with the opposition’s African Democratic Congress (ADC) asking President Tinubu to explain the reason behind it.
In a statement released by its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC stated that “we still believe that the Federal Government owes Nigerians a categorical explanation about what actually happened.”
Source: Channels TV
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