Only Buhari Can Sack Service Chiefs, Nigeria Presidency Replies Senate Following Unprecedented Resolution

Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

Hours after the Nigerian senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on the Service Chiefs to resign or be sacked due to the multi-pronged security challenges in the country, the presidency said only President Muhammadu Buhari had the power to remove service chiefs.

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