Defence
…appoints more special advisers
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs and the inspector-general of police, advisers, comptroller-general of customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.
The newly appointed Officers are:
Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; chief of Defence Staff; Maj. T. A Lagbaja, chief of army staff; Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla, chief of naval staff; AVM H.B Abubakar, chief of air staff; DIG Kayode Egbetokun, acting inspector-general of police, and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye, chief of Defense Intelligence.
Mr President has also approved the following appointments:
Col. Adebisi Onasanya, Brigade of Guards Commander; Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf; Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja; Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State; Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger; and Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote, 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other military officers in the Presidential Villa as follows:
Major Isa Farouk Audu, Commanding Officer State House Artillery; Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu, Second-in-Command, State House Artillery; Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat; Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence; Maj. TS Adeola; commanding officer, State House Armament, and Lt. A. Aminu Second-in-Command, State House Armament.
Tinubu has also approved the appointments of two additional special advisers, and two senior assistants, namely:
Hadiza Bala Usman, special adviser, Policy Coordination, Hannatu Musa Musawa, special adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy; Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, senior special assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate); Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim, senior special assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives);
Finally, the president has approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs.
It is to be noted that the appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and the Comptroller General of Customs are to act in their positions, pending their confirmation in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, according to a statement by Willie Bassey, director, Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday, June 19.
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