The Senate has granted the request of the President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers.
President Bola Tinubu had written a letter to the Senate to approve the appointment of 20 special advisers to run his administration.
The President’s request was granted after it was read by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday.
Commenting on the request, Lawan said, “It is utmost urgency” that the president has his team to work with.
“Because there is no name for special advisers we will just approve it from here. We feel that that this is something of utmost urgency.”
The correspondence is the first from Mr Tinubu to the Senate since he assumed office as Nigeria’s president on May 29.
In the letter, the president was silent on the names of the people he wanted to appoint as special advisers and their portfolios.
After it was read, the Senate Leader, Ibrahim Gobir (APC, Sokoto East), moved that “the Senate do consider the request of Mr. President and C-in-C for the approval of the Senate to appoint 20 Special Advisers.”
The Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, seconded the motion.
The Senate, therefore, approved the president’s request to appoint the 20 special advisers.
Mr Tinubu recently appointed a former Benue State governor, George Akume, as secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his chief of staff.
The current ninth Senate will wind down next week. Thus, subsequent appointments by Mr Tinubu will be considered by the 10th Senate, which will be inaugurated June 13.
