Senate confirms Service Chiefs after 2-hr closed door session

ADEKUNLE ADESUJI

Senate on Thursday confirmed nominations of Service Chiefs after two hours closed-door session.

The confirmation of Service Chiefs came less than 48 hours when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sought confirmation of newly appointed Service Chiefs.

Tinubu on Tuesday had written to the Senate requesting the confirmation of the newly appointed Service Chiefs.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read the letter at the resumption of the plenary session on Tuesday, said the service chiefs would be screened by the entire Senate in its chamber at a yet-to-be-announced date.

However, at the screening exercise on Thursday, Service chiefs confirmed on Thursday are Maj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral E. An Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff and AVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.

Meanwhile, the Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the 2022 Supplementary budget of N819 billion, out of which N500 billion will be used as palliatives to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.

The supplementary Appropriation was passed by the 10th Assembly and assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari for the purpose of addressing flooding that affected parts of the country in 2022.

With the passage, the Presidency can access N500 billion in view of the exigency of the subsidy removal palliatives.

With the approval, 12 million Nigerians will get N8,000 for a period of six months through digital transfers made directly to beneficiaries’ accounts and mobile wallets.

The breakdown of the approval for supplementary budget showed that N500 billion for palliatives and other capital expenditure to cushion the effect of the recent subsidy removal policy.

Also, .N185.2 billion to the Ministry of Works and Housing to alleviate the impact of the severe flooding experienced in the country in 2022 on road infrastructure across the 6 geopolitical zones.

In addition, N19.2 billion to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to ameliorate the massive destruction to farmlands across the country during the severe flooding experienced last year while N35 billion to the National Judicial Council

Another N10 billion to the Federal Capital Territory Administration for critical projects and N70 billion to the National Assembly to support the working conditions of new members

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