Despite Growing Insecurity, Senate Passes Confidence Vote in Military, Police

Holds nine-hour closed session with ministers, service chiefs, IGP, others

The Senate, after about nine hours meeting with the heads of nation's military and security agencies, passed a vote of confidence in the security chiefs and commended President Bola Tinubu for the efforts being made to secure the country.

The meeting, which also had ministers in attendance, started around 12:30pm and ended at 9pm.

The heads of the security agencies in attendance were the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoheed Lagbaja; the

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar; the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; the Director General of Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.

The meeting also had in attendance, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawale; Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Geidam; and the Minister of State for Police Affairs,

Imaan Ibrahim.

Others were the Minister of Interior, Hon Olubunmi Tunji Ojo; the Minister of Finance who is also the coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who read the resolution at the end of the meeting, said the Interior Minister, Olubunmi TunjiOjo,

had been mandated to ensure the unification of all the means of identification being issued by government agencies in Nigeria.

But briefing journalists after the session, Senate spokesperson, Adeyemi Adaramodu, said the Senate was impressed with the determination and focus of the security chiefs and urged them to do more to ensure security of lives.

He said the security chiefs and the National Security Adviser answered questions bordering on security matters, adding that the Senate commended the president for his efforts to protect lives and property.

The Senate, he added, also commended Service Chiefs and urged them to follow all the suggestions and revelations and use them for future actions.

Adaramodu said: "We commended the Security Chiefs and particularly pointed out that the Interior Minister should use a unified system of identification, that will be a better thing for Nigerians. Continues online