By Abba Gwale
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Nigerian Senate would, on Thursday, meet with the service chiefs, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency and the Inspector General of Police.
Earlier today, the security chiefs engaged with President Muhammad Buhari at the National Security Council meeting which will extend till tomorrow (Wednesday).
He said, “the briefing will be very crucial for us to be properly informed and properly guided.
It will be recalled that the Senate had, on Tuesday last week, resolved to invite the heads of the nation’s armed forces and other security agencies over the worsening insecurity in the country.
“We are not sure if they will finish their meeting today. We assume it could spill to Wednesday too just like it spilled from thursday to tuesday,” Lawan continued.
He however said, “So, to be on the side of caution, we have now fixed the date for the briefing to be Thursday, 6th May.
“I want to appeal to all of us that the briefing we will take from the service chiefs and other security agencies will be very crucial for us to be properly informed, properly guided and that if there is any request for supplementary budget, we should be able to understand why we should consider and approve such request.
On Thursday, the only item on the order paper will be the briefing. We will do that as a special day for the engagement, the interaction between the Senate and the service,” he concluded.
