Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has formed an ad hoc committee to vet the newly nominated Service Chiefs.
Abbas announced the panel’s formation in plenary on Tuesday, saying it will include all eight key officers of the House from both the majority and minority parties.
The members of the committee include the Majority Leader, Prof Julius Ihonvbere (APC/Edo); Deputy Majority Leader, Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims (APC/Kogi); Chief Whip, Bello Usman Kumo (APC/Gombe); and Deputy Chief Whip Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga (APC/Ogun).
Others include the Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda (PDP/Rivers); Deputy Minority Leader, Aliyu Sani Madaki (NNPP/Kano); Minority Whip, Ali Isa (PDP/Gombe) the George Ozodinobi (LP/Anambra) as Deputy Minority Whip.
On June 19, President Tinubu named Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff and Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja as the new Chief of Army Staff.
Tinubu also named Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, and Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye as Chief of Defence Intelligence.
