The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, read a letter from President Bola Tinubu addressed to the Senate seeking the confirmation of recently appointed service chiefs.
At the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio said the service chiefs would be screened by the entire senators in the red chamber on a yet-to-be-announced date.
Last week, President Tinubu similarly asked the House of Representatives to confirm the newly appointed service chiefs.
The Speaker, Abass Tajudeen, read the President’s letter at the resumption of plenary on Thursday.
On June 19, Tinubu replaced all the service chiefs with immediate effect.
The ousted security chiefs included retired Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (National Security Adviser), Lucky Irabor (Chief of Defence Staff), Faruk Yahaya (Chief of Army Staff), Awwal Gambo (Chief of Naval Staff), and Isiaka Amao (Chief of Air Staff).
The new appointees include Nuhu Ribadu (National Security Adviser), Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa (Chief of Defence Staff), Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja (Chief of Army Staff), Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla (Chief of Naval Staff), and AVM Hassan Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff).
The new office holders have since resumed in an acting capacity awaiting confirmation by the National Assembly.
