House Of Representatives Gives President Buhari 48 Hours To Address The Nation Over The Spate Of Killings In Zamfara, Others

House Of Representatives Gives President Buhari 48 Hours To Address The Nation Over The Spate Of Killings In Zamfara, Others

The House of Representatives has given President Buhari 48 hours to
address the nation over the spate of killings in the country. This was
part of the resolutions reached by lawmakers in the House when the
matter came up during plenary yesterday Thursday, April 11th.

The lawmakers who were disturbed by the increasing spate of killings
in the nation, unanimously agreed that the President should address them
and the nation regarding the attacks on communities in Benue, Zamfara,
Kaduna, and other states where many people were killed and several
others displaced. The lawmakers also demanded for the President to brief
the nation on the alleged inability of his administration to declare
the “killer herdsmen” as terrorists.

They dediced that if President Buhari fails to respond to the
request, they alongside other Nigerians, would conclude that he and his
administration were incapable of permanently curtailing the incessant
killing of innocent Nigerians. They also agreed that the failure to
address the nation would mean that the President and his administration
have failed in their primary constitutional responsibility of ensuring
the security and welfare of the citizens.

The House resolved to constitute an ad-hoc committee to interface
with the Presidency regarding the request. The committee, according to
it, will also engage the Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff,
and service chief among others, in a public hearing to find permanent
solutions to the killings.