In response to criticism that followed his tweet on Monday, Senator Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President has stated that he never meant that the Senate will not screen then confirm the Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued Sanni Onogu, Chief Press Secretary to Saraki he noted that his boss was misunderstood. “The attention of the Media Office of the Senate President has been drawn to a story making the rounds to the effect that the Senate does not need to screen or confirm the new Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“However, we want to make it abundantly clear that based on inquiries made to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on whether the Senate was consulted before the appointment of new Service Chiefs was announced, he had in response tweeted that the appointment of Service Chiefs is the exclusive function of the President as stipulated by the Constitution.