The Nigerian senate confirmed the appointments of some top executives of federal agencies at its plenary on Wednesday. It also referred the consideration of appointment of former service chiefs as non- career ambassadors-designate to the senate committee on foreign affairs for screening to report back in two weeks.

The senate also referred the screening of new service chiefs to the senate joint committee on army, navy and air force for further legislative input to report back in two weeks.

Ahmed Kuru, the managing director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) was confirmed for a second term in office, in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.

This followed the adoption of the report of the senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions at plenary.

Presenting the report, Senator Uba Sani, chairman of the committee, said the committee after screening, found the nominee worthy of the appointment, given his experience, pedigree and performance during his first tenure of office.

Two other nominees -Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail were confirmed as Executive Directors by the senate.

The senate also confirmed the appointment of Bello Hassan and Mustapha Ibrahim as Managing Director and Executive Director of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

Their confirmation was sequel to adoption of the report of the senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions.

The upper legislative chamber also referred the appointment of Larry Chukwu as Commissioner, Nigerian Law Reform Commission, to the senate committee on judiciary, human rights and legal matters to report back in two weeks.