Breaking: Buhari urges Senate to confirm new Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the senate to confirm the newly appointed service chiefs.

Senate president Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letters of request on the floor at plenary.

The new service chiefs to be confirmed are chief of defence staff major-general Lucky Irabor; chief of army staff major-general Ibrahim Attahiru; chief of naval staff rear admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo and chief of air staff, air-vice marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao.

Lawan also read another letter by the president requesting the senate to consider and confirm the immediate past service chiefs for appointment as ambassadors.