{"id":52366,"date":"2021-06-29T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=52366"},"modified":"2021-06-29T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:27:01","slug":"reps-confirm-farouk-yahaya-as-chief-of-army-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/29\/reps-confirm-farouk-yahaya-as-chief-of-army-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps confirm Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives has confirmed Major Gen Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff.<\/p>\n<p>The committee of the whole, on Tuesday, considered the report of the committee on defense which screened the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Babajimi Benson, the Chairman of the committee, presented the report for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Major General Yahaya was nominated by President Buhari to replace the late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, who died on the 21st of April, alongside 10 others.<\/p>\n<p>Benson said the nominee was able to address some of the issues raised at the screening.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMr Chairman, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/16\/i-can-tackle-nigerias-insecurity-says-coas-faruk-yahaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COAS<\/a> came to the committee, and he was grilled on local content, funding of the military, the relationship with civil authorities, and he gave apt answers to the questions raised. 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