07 Feb Presidency justifies appointment of ex-service chiefs as ambassadors
The Presidency has frowned at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attack on President Muhammadu Buhari over the nomination of the former service chiefs and the head of Military Intelligence to the Senate for confirmation as non-career ambassadors.
According to a statement by Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday, the transition of the former heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Military Intelligence is normal in decent democratic societies.
President Buhari had on Feb. 4 forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.
The nominees are: retired Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, retired Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, and retired AVM Mohammed Usman.
The presidential aide, however, dismissed the position of the opposition party, PDP, on the nominations, wondering how decent people could run down hardworking professionals who served their fatherland with the best of their abilities just to score a cheap political goal.
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