The
Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as
non-career ambassadors-designate.
Their
confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs, Senator Mohammed Bulkachuwa.
President,
Ahmad Lawan, had on February 10, directed the Committee on Foreign Affairs to
confirm General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd.) (Ekiti); Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai
(retd.) (Borno); Vice Admiral Ibok- Ette Ibas (retd.) (Cross River; Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar(retd.) (Bauchi); and Air Vice Marshal Muhammad S. Usman
(retd.) (Kano) as non-career ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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An
attempt by the Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, to draw the
attention of his colleagues to a petition against their confirmation was
stopped by the President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan.
Abaribe
had asked Bulkachuwa, to explain why the petition against them was dismissed
but Lawan said the petition lacked merit.
Source: PUNCHNEWS
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