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Senate Confirms Appointment of New Service Chiefs The Senate on Thursday approved the appointments of the new Chief of Defence Staff and other service chiefs. The confirmation followed the screening done by the Joint Senate Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force and the adoption of the report by the Senate. This was as a result of the mandate given to the committee by the Senate on January 23 to screen the nominees and submit the report within one week. The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume (APC- Benue), said that contrary to beliefs in some quarters, the ALl Progressives Congress was not against their appointment. Akume said that the party was in full support of the appointments. ” I wish to state here that we at the other side are in full support of the appointments of Chief of Defence Staff and service chief,” Akume said He urged the officers to work in line with democratic tenets and that they must see their appointments as service to their fatherland.