Service Chiefs under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be grilled on Wednesday , today, and Thursday by the Nigerian Senate regarding the security concerns in the nation, Naija News understands.
Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, the lawmaker for the Lagos East Senatorial District in the 9th Nigerian National Assembly, told journalists on Tuesday of this information as well as the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions meeting’s new date, which is Tuesday through Friday this week.
The increase in murders and kidnappings of civilians for ransom in recent weeks has sparked widespread fear.
The Senate decided last Tuesday to call the Service Chiefs to account for their efforts to deal with the nation’s growing level of insecurity.
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However, yesterday, Abiru informed journalists that due to the Service Chiefs’ scheduled appearance, the Senate had decided to postpone the appearance of the CBN governor, Olayemi Cardoso, to Friday.
The committee members had convened in Room 211, as per the resolution, for the scheduled meeting with the CBN governor. They assembled from 3 pm to 4.30 pm before deciding to reschedule the interface to Friday of this week, Naija News understands.
The chairman of the committee, Abiru, said, “After waiting for close to two hours for the CBN governor on the planned interface, we have resolved to postpone it to Friday this week by 9 am.
“Postponement of the interface between our committee and the CBN governor arose from the fact that he and other managers of the nation’s economy had been interfacing with our colleagues in the House of Representatives since morning without knowing when exactly, the session would end.
“We would have fixed Wednesday or Thursday this week as a new day for the interface but the Senate has fixed the two days for critical and constructive engagement with the Service Chiefs.
“Due to this, we had to finally agree to interface with the CBN governor on Friday at precisely 9 a.m. this week.
“The CBN Governor today, Tuesday, and possibly other government officials managing the economy would receive communication to this effect.”
The Senate met behind closed doors for two hours during the previous plenary session.
Then, a motion made by Senator Ahmad Lawan concerning the demise of Senator Bukar Ibrahim—a former Yobe State governor—was discussed.
After a moment of silence to honor the deceased, the Senate designated a group of nine people to offer condolences to the governor of Yobe State and the family of the deceased.
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