Senate
Senate has announced plans to hold regional stakeholder meetings across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones to tackle the country’s growing security challenges.
According to Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, these meetings aim to identify the root causes of insecurity and devise sustainable solutions to restore peace and stability.
The Senate’s National Security Summit is designed to ensure every Nigerian lives and works in peace, regardless of location or status.
Bamidele emphasized that no investment in infrastructure can yield meaningful development without security.
“Transforming pervasive insecurity into enduring peace is at the heart of the national security summit,” he stated.
The committee will engage victims of armed violence, traditional institutions, government agencies, military, and intelligence/security agencies to devise pragmatic measures for restoring peace and stability.
Bamidele highlighted the diverse security threats plaguing Nigeria, including banditry and kidnapping in the North-west, terrorism in the North-east, farmers-herders clashes in the North-central, separatist agitations and gang violence in the South-east, oil theft and environmental conflicts in the South-south, and ritual killings and abductions in the South-west.
The Senate believes that peace and unity are essential for Nigeria’s development and prosperity.
The committee will work tirelessly to deliver far-reaching recommendations to address the country’s security challenges. By engaging stakeholders across the country, the Senate seeks to craft evidence-based solutions to restore stability and curb economic sabotage.
The 20-member ad-hoc committee includes prominent senators such as Chief Whip Tahir Monguno, Minority Leader Abba Moro, and chairmen of relevant Senate committees.
Bamidele assured that the committee will work round the clock to come up with solutions that will bring about peace and stability, emphasizing that Nigeria can only move forward on the path of peace, development, and prosperity when unity is assured.
