Senate has confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate.
Their confirmation on Tuesday followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs under Senator Mohammed Bulkachuwa.
On February 10, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had directed the Committee on Foreign Affairs to confirm General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd.) (Ekiti); Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.) (Borno); Vice Admiral Ibok- Ette Ibas (retd.) (Cross River); Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar(retd.) (Bauchi); and Air Marshal Muhammad S. Usman (retd.) (Kano) as non-career ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
However, an attempt by the Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, to draw the attention of his colleagues to a petition against their confirmation was stopped by Senate President Lawan.
Abaribe had asked Bulkachuwa to explain why the petition against them was dismissed but Lawan said the petition lacked merit.
