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Chukwuemeka Chukwueke
Feb 05, 2021
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Intelligence to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.
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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday. In a letter to Senator Ahmad 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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According to the statement, "The nominees are Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (retd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (retd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (retd). "The President urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the nominations."
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Recall that President Buhari had on January 26, accepted the resignation of the former Service Chiefs and nominated new ones to take over.
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