YBTC News-The Ninth Senate has mandated its Committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, to impress on him the need to implement the resolutions of the Senate regarding security related to the mandate of his ministry.

The decision was reached in a resolution which followed the consideration of a motion on the spate of growing insecurity in Nigeria.

Rising under Order 42 and 52 of the Senate Rules, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP – Taraba South), noted that “the rate of insecurity in Nigeria has not only increased astronomically but has reached a melting point.”

According to the lawmaker, the challenged has manifested in kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, assassination and other criminal activity in the country.

“The assassination of Nasarawa State APC Chairman and other high profile cases are still fresh in our memories. A Chinese National was recently abducted in my community, his whereabout is still unknown,” Bwacha lamented.

He further expressed worry that “there is growing suspicion of complicity of officials of state saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and properties of the citizens, but compromised in the process.”

“This is heightened by arrest of several security operatives involved in armed robbery and kidnapping activities across the country. It is only in Nigeria that communication facilities can be used without a biometric process, no valid identification of passport details (in the case of foreigners) in place to check abuse”, the lawmaker added.

He raised alarm that “bandits, terrorists negotiate for ransom using telephones and getting away with it”, querying, “how can we be so negligent and insensitive to the safety and security of citizens?”

“Senate is concerned that the confidence between the protected and the protector is being increasingly eroded resulting to breakdown of law and order as demonstrated in the #EndSARS protest which was subsequently hijacked by miscreants.

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Please let the guy mourn in peace

mamaafrik:
the senator are busy buying cars but average Federal civil servant hasn't collected November salary
The Legislators will soon see great heat from the masses.

Agba tio keun soro,a ketan sare

It's not the fault of the senators now. They fought for their right let civil servants to do the same.

slimfit1:


It's not the fault of the senators now. They fought for their right let civil servants to do the same.

Oh, when civil servants fight for their rights physically, we will see.

Pecuman:


Oh, when civil servants fight for their rights physically, we will see.

Let them do it let us see. They are the most corrupt civil servants in the world. We see them when we go to their ministries. If the country is corrupt its because of them, not politicians. If they stand up and say no, who is a politician to say yes but half of them are there illegally.

mamaafrik:
the senator are busy buying cars but average Federal civil servant hasn't collected November salary
The Legislators will soon see great heat from the masses.

Agba tio keun soro,a ketan sare

How does this relate to banditry and criminality?

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slimfit1:


Let them do it let us see. They are the most corrupt civil servants in the world. We see them when we go to their ministries. If the country is corrupt its because of them, not politicians. If they stand up and say no, who is a politician to say yes but half of them are there illegally.

On the later part you are ignoring the organizational advantage that the Politicians have. The civil bureaucracy can't just stand up against the Politicians because they can't organize to do it together and anyone that does it first will be harshly punished before anyone else can join.

And alot of these Corruption is because of the bad economy and unofficial system set up by the Nigerian Government itself.