Over the unending insecurity situation in Nigeria, the Senate, on Tuesday, has invited the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs, and heads of the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Service.
The resolution followed a motion moved by Senator Bello Mandiya from Katsina State on the abduction of about 330 students of a secondary school in the state recently by unknown bandits.
Mandiya also noted that the abduction is coming on the heels of yet to be resolved abduction of 270 girls at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State in 2014, and abduction of about 100 school girls at Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, Yobe State in 2018.
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He expressed concern that like the other incidents of school children abduction that took place in Chibok and Dapchi, if no immediate action was taken to rescue Kankara School boys, their fate may be sealed in the hands of terrorists.
The Senators, in their various contributions, specifically, passed a vote of no confidence in the various heads of security agencies in the country as they expressed deep frustration over the recurring issues of killings and kidnappings across the country and the inability of the service chiefs to address the challenges.
They also expressed deep frustration that Buhari had consistently ignore all resolutions passed by the Senate on the issue of insecurity in the country.
The red chamber also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the report of the Senate Committee on Security challenges without further delay.
Urging lawmakers not to get frustrated on discussing security issues, Senate President Ahmed Lawan said:
“There is nothing more important to the government than securing the lives of the people. In fact, that’s the essence of government.
“As parliament, we should never get tired or being frustrated of talking about what is happening to our people.
We are part of the government but have a specialized function. We are not wasting our time. We should continue to talk.”
