Senate has on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff.
The red chamber took the decision following the consideration of the report of its joint committee on Defence and Army led by senators, Aliyu Wamakko and Ali Ndume.
The President of the Senate had on June 2, referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for Yahaya’s confirmation to the committees.
Defence Committee which is chaired by Wamakko was the. mandated to be the lead panel to screen the newly appointed Army Chief.
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The confirmation comes weeks after President Buhari announced the appointment of General Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru in a plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.
