Senate shifts date to screen service chiefs

The Senate has postponed the screening of the newly appointed service chiefs, earlier slated for Thursday, to Tuesday next week.

It was gathered that the change in date was due to the pulling out parade being organised by the military for the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh, taking place in Abuja on Thursday.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki had on Wednesday stated that the newly appointed service chiefs will be screened during plenary on Thursday by 11am.

He had also urged members to be seated on time in order to effectively do justice to the assignment, but did not disclose if the screening would be done in closed or open session.

He said the letter for confirmation of the appointments was in accordance with the provisions of Section18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act, 2004.

Read also: Senate gets Buhari’s letter to screen Service chiefs

Also on Wednesday, the Senate president appointed three standing committees and one ad hoc committee, adhering strictly to the rule on geopolitical spread.

The committees are Senate Services, headed by Senator Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East); Rules and Business, which has Senator Babajide Omoworare (Osun Central) as Chairman, and Ethics and Privileges, chaired by Samuel Anyanwu (Imo East ).

Saraki also named Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) as Chairman, Ad-hoc Committee on Information and Public Affairs, with Senators Eyinnaya Abaribe and Ben Bruce, among others, as members.

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