ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to remove the military and security establishment from restrictive envelope budget system.
The Green Chamber said the current arrangement does not allow them to develop a robust budget that is based on a needs assessment that reflects security peculiarities and the realities on the ground.
The House resolved to investigate the utilisation and effectiveness of the Safe School Initiative Fund that was launched in 2014 to protect schools from attacks.
It also resolved at plenary to investigate the failure of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) and other security agencies to repel attacks on a community in Benue State, despite receiving distress calls.
Adopting two separate motions of urgent public importance sponsored by Ahmed Munir (APC, Kaduna) and Austin Achado (APC, Benue), the House asked the National Security Adviser (NSA) to coordinate and galvanise all security and intelligence networks to develop and execute a proactive master plan to restore security with neighbouring countries.
The Green Chamber urged the Office of the NSA to revisit and optimise fully the Acts passed for the National Counter-Terrorism Centre as well as The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, and ensure that they fully serve the purpose they were established for, among others.
Moving his motion, Munir recalled that on March 7, gunmen stormed Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School and Government Secondary School in Kuriga community and abducted over 200 pupils and teachers, moving them into the forest unchallenged.
