President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the country’s Service Chiefs.
All the Service Chiefs are due for retirement.
A statement on Monday by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said the President approved the extension based on the various ongoing military operations in the country.
Those benefitting from the tenure extension are General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff; Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIkwe Ibas, the Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff.
The statement added: “This extension is pursuant of the powers conferred on the President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by section 218 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 09.06 of the Harmonised Terms and Conditions for Service for officers (2012) Revised.”
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