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Saraki clarifies tweets on Service Chiefs screening
The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has cleared the air on a purported story credited to him that the Senate does not need to screen or confirm the new Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, his comment is without prejudice to extant laws and court pronouncements on the issue and therefore that the Senate will do the needful when the list of the new Service Chiefs is sent to it by Mr. President”.
A statement from his media office signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, stated that, “we want to make it abundantly clear that based on inquiries made to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on whether the Senate was consulted before the appointment of new Service Chiefs was announced, he had in response tweeted that the appointment of Service Chiefs is the exclusive function of the President as stipulated by the Constitution.
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“Let it be known that his comment is now being misinterpreted to say the Senate will neither screen nor confirm the new Service Chiefs. This is far from the truth”.
Saraki in a new tweet today said: “This is to clarify the earlier position which was not up to date and does not represent the position of the Senate President on the issue of screening of the newly appointed service chiefs. The Senate will perform its constitutional duty when it receives communication from the President on the appointments.”
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