President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated all the immediate past Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Intelligence as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.
He has forwarded all their names to the senate for consideration.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday.
In a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Buhari 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.”
According to the statement, 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.”