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The Nigeria Senate, Tuesday, confirmed the appointments of the new service chiefs with the mandate to tackle insecurity and oil theft, report ITRealms.
Information from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) says the
service chiefs, were confirmed after a thorough four-and-half hour screening
and were charged to undertake seriously the issue insecurity and oil theft.
President Muhammadu Buhari, July 13,
2015, ITRealms gathered, approved the
appointments of the new service chiefs whose names are Maj.-Gen. Abayomi
Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj.-Gen., Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army
Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice-Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
had urged them to root out corruption in the procurement procedure of the armed
forces, saying that the prevalence of corruption in the system had negatively
affected efficient security delivery over the years.
Saraki said “the appointments, as we
all see, is coming at a very crucial time with a lot of challenges,
particularly insurgency in the North East and some other security issues such
as oil theft and others.
“We need to observe also that they
were all born in the 60s, so there are lots of responsibilities as new
generation officers to provide new direction and new leadership to our armed
forces.
“We are all keen to restore the
image and reputation of the armed forces and I believe that their confirmation
is the beginning of their journey to restore the glory of the force in our great
nation.”
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