By Damilare Adeleye
President Bola Tinubu has officially written to the Senate, seeking for the confirmation of the new Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs.
The request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
While reading the letter on Tuesday, Akpabio, during Plenary, said that the request was in line with the Act establishing the Armed Forces.
It could be recalled that President Tinubu had, last month, appointed Major General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Major General Taoreed Lagbaja as the Chief of Army Staff.
Tinubu also appointed Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as the Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar as the Chief of Air Staff and Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye appointed the Chief of Defence Intelligence.
Akpabio, after reading the letter, referred the request to the Committee of the Whole because there is no Standing Committee on Armed Forces, and also to create a means that the Service Chiefs would be screened on the floor of the Senate, not at the Committee level.