Senate is working for the Presidency, says Dino Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye has condemned the Senate while stating that it is working for the Presidency.

Melaye reacting to the confirmation of former service chiefs  slammed the Nigerian Senate for confirming them as non-career ambassadors-designate.

In a tweet on his official Twitter page on Wednesday, SDM alleged that the senate was working for the presidency.

“Confirmation of service chief: Shame on the Senate who just confirmed that the Nigerian Senate is a department of Aso Rock and the Presidency.

“Confirming those you recommended for sack more than once for gross incompetence as Ambassadors is a SHAME. SDM”, Dino Melaye tweeted.

CSONews24 recalls that the Senate on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of the nation’s immediate former Service Chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate.

The confirmation of the nominees followed consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The former Service Chiefs confirmed are: General Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd), Ekiti; Lt. General Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Borno; Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete E. Ibas (Rtd), Cross River; and Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (Rtd), Bauchi.