Nigerian Senate on Thursday confirmed the Service Chiefs whose appointments were sent to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The confirmation followed the screening by the Committee of the whole which was presided over by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabío.
The Service Chiefs, who were confirmed through voice votes, are, Major General Christopher G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, Major General T.A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, Chief Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshal H. B. Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.
Earlier, the nominees were subjected to the Chamber’s protocol where they were asked to introduce themselves.
Thereafter, the Senators went into a closed doors after their introduction at about 11:00 am to deliberate security issues with the nominees.
After about three hours of deliberation, the Senate reopened Chambers for debate at about 3.00 pm and had them confirmed.
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