Members of the Senate leadership, led by the Senate president, Bukola
Saraki, visited the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock on Tuesday night, December 16.
The Senate leadership were in the villa to brief President Muhammadu
Buhari on the Senate resolutions and recommendations on the recent killings in
Benue state. Earlier in the day, the Senate had earlier condemned the killings
and resolved to:
1. Give the Inspector General of Police 14 days to arrest and
investigate the perpetrators of the act.
2. Direct the federal ministry of agriculture to urgently provide
facilities and empower its officers to enforce documentation protocols,
quarantine animals and livestock movement at the borders.
3. Urgent reconsideration of creation of state police and community
police should be carried out by the Ad-hoc committee and report back to the
Senate.
4. The federal government should review and revamp the security
infrastructure of the nation.
5. The Senate should convey as a matter of national urgency a national
security summit.
6. The federal government should ensure that those living in Internally
Displaced Persons camps are properly taken care of.
The Senate also recommended that the Senate president convey its
resolutions back to the executive arm of government.
President Buhari had on Sunday,
January 14, met with the leadership of Nigeria's federal legislature over the
security situation in Benue state and other parts of the country.
The meeting, which held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was attended
by Saraki, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu
Dogara.
The meeting held after many Nigerians lambasted the government for not
being proactive in addressing the insecurity issues in many states of the
federation.
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