In a rare show of transparency, the Senate on Wednesday held an open screening for President Bola Tinubu’s Service Chief-nominees, allowing Nigerians a rare glimpse into high-level security deliberations. The session signalled a shift towards greater legislative oversight, accountability, and collaboration between civilian authority and the military establishment. Sunday Aborisade reports.
Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, led the Chief of Defence Staff nominee, Lieutenant General OlufemiOluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General WaheediShaibu; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas; and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Kennedy Aneke, to the Senate Chamber for screening by the senators.
In a courtroom-like display of accountability mixed with deference to national security, the Nigerian Senate staged an open screening of the President’s nominees for the country’s top military posts. The process began under public glare and concluded behind closed doors with the confirmation of the Chief of Defence Staff and the service chiefs.