Christopher Gwabin Musa has been chosen as the new Defense Minister, according to President Bola Tinubu.
In a letter that President Tinubu sent to Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, his nomination was contained.
In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, Special Adviser to the President for Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made Musa’s nomination known.
President Tinubu expressed confidence in General Musa’s capacity to lead the ministry of defense and advance Nigeria’s security architecture in the letter.
His appointment came shortly after Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigned as Nigeria’s defense minister.
Also read: Mohammed Badaru, minister of defense, leaves.
Musa, who turns 58 on December 25, was the President’s replacement as the Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until 2025.
A few hours before Badaru’s resignation, the former CDS, who was spotted at the Presidential Villa on Monday, December 1, had a private meeting with the president at the State House.
General Musa, who was born in Sokoto in 1967, attended Zaria College of Advanced Studies while completing his secondary and primary education there. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree upon graduating in 1991 and continued to study at the Nigerian Defence Academy that year.
In 1991, Musa received a second lieutenant rank in the Nigerian Army, and he has since had a distinguished career. His positions include General Staff Officer 1, Training/Operations at HQ 81 Division, Commanding Officer, 73 Battalion, Assistant Director, Operational Requirements, Department of Army Policy and Plans, and Infantry Representative/Member, Training Team, Headquarters Nigerian Army Armour Corps.
He was Deputy Chief of Staff, Training/Operations, Headquarters Infantry Center and Corps, Commander of Sector 3, Lafiya Dole, and Commander of Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad Region in 2019.
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