The Senate on Tuesday, acknowledged the receipt of a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari, to install Monica Dongban-Mensem, as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal.
This request was contained in a signed letter, read at on the floor during the plenary session by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
The letter from the President reads: “Pursuant to Section 238(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), I write to request for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of Honourable Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria.
“It is my hope that the Senate will consider and confirm the nominee in the usual expeditious manner.”
