President Bola Tinubu has sought the screening and confirmation of the new Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs by the Nigerian Senate.
Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Akpabio who read the letter on Tuesday during Plenary, said that the request was in line with the Act establishing the Armed Forces adding that the president had urged the red chamber to act expeditiously on his request.
Theliberationnews reported, last month that President Tinubu had appointed Major General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Major General bTaoreed Lagbaja as the Chief of Army Staff.
Also, Tinubu appointed Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as the Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar as the Chief of Air Staff and Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye appointed the Chief of Defence Intelligence.
Akpabio, after reading the letter, referred the request to the Committee of the Whole as there was no Standing Committee on Armed Forces, just as this means that the Service Chiefs would be screened on the floor of the Senate, not at the Committee level.
