The senate will screen the newly appointed service chiefs on Thursday in line with a constitutional requirement, Bukola Saraki, senate president, said on Wednesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the senate seeking confirmation of the appointment of the service chiefs.
In a letter read by the senate president on the floor of the senate on Tuesday, Buhari said he was seeking the approval of the senate to comply with the extant laws of the country.
“In compliance with section 18 (1) of the armed forces Act (CAP820) laws of the federal republic of Nigeria 2004, I hereby forward the names of the underlisted officers for the kind confirmation of the federal republic of Nigeria,” he wrote.
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The service chiefs to be screened are Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin, major general and chief of defence staff; Yusuf Tukur Buratai, major general and chief of army staff; Ibot Ekwe-Ebas, rear admiral chief of naval staff; and Sadiq Baba Abubabar, air vice marshal and chief of air staff.
The service chiefs were appointed on July 13.
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