According to the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the annual budgetary allocation to the security agencies especially the military cannot be adequate to fight insecurity.
The move followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Chief Whip, Mohammed Monguno, at the plenary on Tuesday, entitled, ‘Need for Special Intervention in the Protracted Security Situation in Nigeria.’
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The lawmakers unanimously granted prayers of the motion, including to urge the Federal Government to create a ‘Special Security Fund’ for the security agencies apart from the national budget.
They also mandated the leadership to interface with parliaments of other countries, especially the United States of America’s Congress, with a view to overcoming all regulations that bar Nigeria’s security agencies from purchasing arms and ammunition from those countries and the USA.
He stressed that the agencies were also faced with “a lot of bureaucratic and legal bottlenecks.”
The Chief Whip said, who is from Borno State, said, “It is public knowledge that before the advent of the current administration, the territorial integrity of this country had been compromised as a result of the activities of Boko Haram.
