Senate to Review Christopher Musa Nomination Today

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, will be screened by the Senate on Wednesday as the Minister of Defence.

The scheduled screening was announced by Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs.

Musa was nominated by President Bola Tinubu following the resignation of former Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, over health reasons.

Bamidele revealed that the screening is crucial to strengthening internal peace and national security.

He added that the red chamber is “already in possession of the request of the president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to screen his defence minister nominee”.

According to Bamidele, the letter “will be read on the floor of the senate on Wednesday”, and that the screening will commence immediately in line with section 147 of the constitution.

“We cannot delay such a request, especially at this crucial time in the history of our fatherland.

“We are treating the request as a matter that directly touches the core interest of our nation so that the federal government can sustain its campaigns against bandits, extremists, terrorists and other forces undermining our national security.

“The screening of the defence minister nominee is one of the ways to demonstrate such a synergy purely in the national interest,” Bamidele said.