The newly-appointed service chiefs have arrived at the National Assembly for their screening by the Senate.

They arrived at the NASS Complex about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, accompanied by other senior military officers.

The Senate had on Tuesday brought forward the screening to Wednesday, October 29, reversing its earlier decision to conduct the exercise next week.

The announcement came shortly after Senate President, Godwill Akpabio, read a separate correspondence from President Bola Tinubu, seeking the confirmation of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede.

Akpabio said the change was necessary to enable the military chiefs to assume their duties immediately.

Tinubu had urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the confirmation process to ensure continuity and effective coordination of the nation’s security architecture.

On October 24, the President made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs, replacing General Christopher Musa with General Oluyede as the CDS.

He also appointed Major-General W. Shaibu as the new Chief of Army Staff, Air Vice Marshall S. K. Aneke as the Chief of Air Staff, while Rear Admiral I. Abbas is the new Chief of Naval Staff.