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SENATE SETS WEDNESDAY FOR CONFIRMATION OF NEW DEFENCE CHIEF AND SERVICE CHIEFS
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CapitalTimesNews / 3 months
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The Nigerian Senate has scheduled Wednesday for the confirmation of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Lt-General Olufemi Oluyede, and the recently appointed Service Chiefs. This decision follows a formal request from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who sent two separate letters to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The letters were read during plenary by Akpabio. In his request, President Tinubu cited section 18(1) of the Armed Forces Act cap A 20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as the basis for his appeal and sought expeditious consideration from the Senate for the confirmation of the military chiefs. Following the reading of the presidential requests, Senate President Akpabio referred the matters to the committee of the whole and announced that the screening and confirmation process would take place on Wednesday. Recall that President Tinubu had on Sunday appointed the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Olufemi Oluyede, as the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing General Christopher Musa. The President also appointed Major-General Waidi Shaibu as the new Chief of Army Staff, Air Vice Marshall S.K Aneke as the new Chief of Air Staff, and Rear Admiral Abbas as the new Chief of Naval Staff.