{"id":46547,"date":"2021-02-04T17:26:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46547"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:27:09","slug":"buhari-extends-igps-tenure-by-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/buhari-extends-igps-tenure-by-three-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Extends IGP\u2019s Tenure By Three Months\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.Nominate Olonisakin, Buratai, Other Former Service Chiefs As Ambassadors<\/p>\n<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, disclosed this on Thursday during an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of a successor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the President has nominated all the service chiefs who were changed last week as non-career ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday titled \u201cPresident Buhari nominates Olonisakin, Buratai, Ibas, Abubakar, Usman as non-career ambassadors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adesina said their names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, the President said: \u2018In accordance with Section 171 (1), (2) (c) &amp; sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nominees are: Gen Abayomi G. 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