The Senate has commenced the process of confirmation of the recently appointed Service Chiefs, as earlier requested by President Bola Tinubu in a letter he wrote to the Senate.
Tinubu had on Tuesday this week, asked the nation’s apex legislative Assembly, to confirm the appointment of the new Service Chiefs.
He made the request in a letter dated July 5, 2023, and addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, which he read on the floor of the Chamber at plenary.
The Service Chiefs who are currently undergoing screening in closed session in the Red Chambers are: Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. T. A. Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ikechukwu Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff and AVM H.B. Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.
