- President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to declare a state of emergency on insecurity.
- The demand was made by the Senate after the kidnapped student in Niger state.
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation.
It made the call following the kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning.
The lawmakers further called on President Buhari-led’s administration to implement the Senate’s various recommendations on tackling insecurity.
These Senate resolutions followed a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the incident by Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa.
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the frequent kidnapping incidents would reverse the gains made in school enrollment over the years in the North.
He said parents would no longer yield to persuasion to enroll their wards in school with the level of insecurity plaguing the area, especially the kidnapping of school children.
In his contribution, Senator Mohammed Birma Enagi (Niger South) described the Federal Government as “incompetent” in dealing with the country’s rising insecurity.
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