The member representing Pankshin/ Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and Chairman House Committee of Navy, Rt Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has taken a swipe at the federal government for failing in its primary responsibility of securing lives and property of Nigerians, even as the House of Representatives resolves that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces addresses the nation on the state of insecurity in the country, either by way of national broadcast or at the a special joint session of the National Assembly.
This follows a motion jointly presented by the principal officers of the House of Representatives and co-sponsored by Rt Hon. Gagdi at the resumed session of the parliament today, 29th January, 2020.
The Speaker, in an opening remark at the resumed session of the House after Christmas recess, sent his condolences to the family of Ropvil Daciya, the 200 level student of University of Maiduguri who was killed by Boko Haram terrorists in a trending video.
Contributing to the motion, Gagdi lamented the systematic annihilation of Plateau Christians by the insurgents and called on the federal government to enforce its military might on the insurgents to ensure the speedy release of Plateau citizens being held captive at the terrorists’ dungeon, and put paid to the festering insurgency in the country.
The ostensibly embittered lawmaker fumed at the failure of the federal government to exercise its sacred mandate of protecting its citizens who are daily killed in number by the terrorists and called for the immediate overhaul of the nation’s security architecture.
The lawmaker was firm on his stance that it was high time somebody was held accountable for the deteriorating state of security in the country, if the federal government’s fight against insurgency must be taken seriously.
Gagdi lamented that the electorate who voted them to power are running out of patience with the daily killing of their loved ones, and that federal government must do everything necessary to tame the tide before the citizens are forced to react.
He maintains that the goodwill upon which Buhari came to power in 2015 is fast ebbing with his glaring inability to provided the needed security even with his background as a retired general in the Nigerian Army.
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