Senate confirms Service Chiefs’ appointment

The Senate has confirmed appointment of the new Service Chiefs
following the consideration of the report of the Committee on
Defence which recommended their confirmation.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, last Wednesday referred the
request of President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation of the new
service chiefs, to the Committee on Defence.

Lawan gave the committee led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, two weeks
to carry out their assignments and report to the Senate in
plenary.

The Senate confirmed their appointments at the committee of the
whole and at plenary on Tuesday following the Wamakko report’s
consideration

The new service chiefs are: Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea
lrabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru (Chief
of Army Staff); Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, (Chief of Naval
Staff); and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka O. Amao as Chief of Air
staff.

Lawan asked the new service chiefs to take the war to the
bandits and insurgents and dislodge them in their strongholds

The Senate has confirmed appointment of the new Service Chiefs
following the consideration of the report of the Committee on
Defence which recommended their confirmation.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, last Wednesday referred the
request of President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation of the new
service chiefs, to the Committee on Defence.

Lawan gave the committee led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, two weeks
to carry out their assignments and report to the Senate in
plenary.

The Senate confirmed their appointments at the committee of the
whole and at plenary on Tuesday following the Wamakko report’s
consideration

The new service chiefs are: Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea
lrabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru (Chief
of Army Staff); Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, (Chief of Naval
Staff); and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka O. Amao as Chief of Air
staff.

Lawan asked the new service chiefs to take the war to the
bandits and insurgents and dislodge them in their strongholds