On the Confirmation of Service Chiefs
ABUJA — All Progressives Congress, APC, senators, yesterday
ignored their party’s directive to block the confirmation of the Service Chiefs
recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
About seven APC Senators participated in the screening of
the new Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army
Staff, COAS, Major General Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Rear
Admiral Usman Jibrin and Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Vice Marshal Adesola
Amosun.
In his opening remarks during the exercise, Chairman, Joint
Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force, Senator George Sekibo said the
screening was in line with the provisions of the constitution as well as to
completely put the armed forces under democratic control.
Security challenge capable of disintegrating Nigeria.
Senator Sekibo noted that the country was going through
serious security challenges in with the North-East insurgency, oil theft and
the pipeline vandalization in the South-South and kidnapping in the South-East
among others topping the list.
His words: “If the required attention is not given to these
challenges, they are capable of disintegrating our country or putting our
nation’s unity into question. It is the wish of the Senate and indeed the
entire nation that no part of this country should be allowed to exist in lawlessness.
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