BREAKING: Buhari Decorates Ex-IGP With New Role 2 Months to Leaving Office

• Solomon Arase, the former Inspector-General of Police, has been sworn in as the new chairman of the Police Service Commission
• President Muhammadu Buhari swore in Arase on Wednesday morning, two months after his confirmation by the senate
• The president also swore in five board members of the Code of Conduct Tribunal at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday

FCT, Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Solomon Arase (retd) as the new chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday, March 29.

Arase, the former Inspector-General of Police, took the oath of office at about 10:05 am at the council chamber of the presidential villa in Abuja, The Punch reported.

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The oath was taken in the presence of President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the government of the federation; Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of staff to the president and other members of the federal executive council.

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The swearing-in is coming two months after the senate had confirmed Arase as the chairperson of the PSC.

Buhari forwarded Arase's name to the senate on January 24, 2023, and urged the red chamber to confirm him in line with sections 153 (1) and 154 (1) of the Nigeria constitution as amended.

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The new boss of the PSC retired from the Nigeria Police Force in 2016 after serving as the 18th Inspector-General of the Police between April 2015 and June 2016.

Before he was appointed the Police IGP, Arase had served in various capacities, including the head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, which was the foremost intelligence-gathering unit of the force.

Also, Buhari swore in five Code of Conduct Tribunal board members on Wednesday.

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Buhari: 'Corruption remains an existential threat to Nigeria'

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he would like subsequent administrations after him to continue with his fight against corruption.

Buhari made the comment in a veiled message to Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, disclosing that corruption is an existential threat to Nigeria and must be dealt with.

The outgoing president disclosed this while hosting the code of conduct tribunal's management, adding that the CCT was very important in the fight against corruption.

Source: Legit.ng