…lawmakers to grill him as new COAS
House of Representatives will screen the Newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, will on Tuesday, undergo screening before the House of Representatives.
Yahaya is scheduled to appear before a joint sitting of the House committees on Defence and Army.
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week written to the House of Representatives seeking Yahaya’s confirmation as the new COAS.
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila read Buhari’s letter during the plenary on June 9, 2021.
After reading the letter, Gbajabiamila referred the President’s request for confirmation to the Committees on Defence and Army.
The letter had read, ”In compliance with the provisions of Section 18(1) of the Armed Forces Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, I hereby forward for confirmation by the House of Representatives, the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“His CV is herewith attached. It is my hope that the House of Representatives will consider and confirm the nominee in the usual expeditious manner.”
Yahaya was appointed a few days after the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Late Lt. General Attahiru Ibrahim, died in a plane crash alongside other officers in Kaduna barely one month ago.