Buhari nominates Buratai, other ex-service chiefs as ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the names of the immediate past service chiefs and the Chief of Defence Intelligence to the Senate for approval as non-career ambassadors-designate.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.

The President, in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said, “In accordance with Section 171 (1), (2) (c) & Sub-Section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as non-career ambassadors-designate.

“The nominees are Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (retd), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (retd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (retd).

“The President urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the nominations.”

Buhari had on January 26 accepted the resignation of the former service chiefs and nominated new ones to take over from them.