The Senate has approved the appointment of the former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase as the fifth chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The approval was done at the suggestion of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senate approved Arase’s appointment after the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Haliru Jika presented the report of a Committee on Police Affairs Confirmation on the floor of the Senate.
Jika moved that the Senate, receive and consider the report of the Committee which was seconded by Senator Gershom Bassey, representing the Cross River South district, and other lawmakers.
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Arase is expected to take over from Musiliu Smith who was appointed by Buhari in 2018.
Smith resigned in September 2022 over health grounds.
