The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to summon the National Security Adviser (NSA) , the Inspector General of Police IGP and heads of all security agencies in the country for an emergency security briefing and strategy meeting .
This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Hon Dominic Okafor on the alarming rate of insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and its environments
The House while adopting the motion urged the heads of all security agencies to collaborate among themselves, train and set up special units within their formations to track and clamp down on the Criminal elements within and around the Territory.
In addition, the House also urged the minister of the FCT, to install security cameras and other security gadgets around the city and equip security personnel with modern security equipment to combat the rising and frightening insecurity within the Territory and its environs, including the use of drones.
The House also urged the Security Agencies to immediately commence the use of the registered National Identification Numbers (NIN) in their technology to trace and curb insecurity across the Country.
While moving the moving the motion, Hon Okafor stated that the Federal Capital Territory remained the seat of the federal government from where national policies were being formulated, headquarters of federal government agencies were domiciled, International edifices were located, the majority of foreigners and visitors were residents, amongst others.
Hon Okafor pointed out that the Nasarawa state government had announced plans to install security cameras across their state to curb the distressing security challenges in the state which ought to be replicated in Abuja being the Centre of the Nation and should be the safest place in the country.
He lamented that the level of insecurity raving the Centre of Unity in recent times, was, to say the least, very disappointing and unbefitting of a Federal Capital City where there were escalating cases of “one chance”, armed robberies, banditry and rampant kidnappings and killings.
He said further that the last administration, through the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, compulsorily registered and linked National Identification Numbers (NIN) with Telephone Numbers of Nigerians and further linked the same with various bank accounts with the main purpose of curbing the rising spate of insecurity in the Country.
He said further that since the compulsory registration and linking of the National Identification Numbers (NIN) by the Federal Government, there has never been a time it was deployed to tackle or address the pressing and scary state of insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory or the Nation at large.
Hon Okafor also said that since criminal elements in and around the FCT were speedily evolving from the norm to advanced techniques of criminality, the security agencies of government ought to urgently move to digitize their operations to return the Federal Capital Territory to its safest haven in the Country with the use of Drones, Closed- Circuit Television (CCTV) and other modern sophisticated security gadgets.
According to him, restructuring the Nation economically and politically as obtainable in most Western Economies was the next most appropriate step the Federal Government of Nigeria should go in a bit to address the teething economic, political, and security concerns of the citizens.
When the motion was put into voice vote by the Speaker, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, who presided over the Plenary session, members unanimously supported it and was referred to the appropriate House Committees for further legislative action.
Credit: Nigerian Tribune