BREAKING: Buhari Issues Immediate Past Service Chiefs Another Appointment

Buhari Has Issued Immediate Past Service Chiefs Another Appointment.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the former Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.

This online news platform understands that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this development known in a statement on Thursday.

In a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, the President said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designate.”

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The nominees are: Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Rtd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (Rtd).

The President urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the nominations.