President Muhammadu Buhari 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 the Senate president, Dr Bukola 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.
The presidency, however, explained via its Twitter account that
President Buhari called the meeting to brief the duo of Saraki and Dogara on
efforts by his government in addressing the issue.
Meanwhile, the Senate ad hoc committee on security is currently in Benue
state on a fact-finding mission over the killings and destruction by herdsmen
in the state.
The visit is as a result of a directive from the Senate president for members
of the committee to immediately resume sitting and work through the weekend to
ensure they have an interim report ready for the consideration of senators by
next week.
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