DOGARA: Nigerians fast losing confidence in our security system

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that Nigerians are fast losing confidence in the natiion’s security system.

This he attributed to the mass killings of innocent Nigerians, which have been recorded in some parts of the country of recent, especially the middlebelt and northern parts.

Speaking at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, the speaker told his colleagues that history will be hash to the present administration if it fails to stop the killings.

He argued that whatever achievement that is being recorded by the government will not be remembered if the orgy of violence and mass killings of innocent Nigerians continues unabated.

“History will have a harsh verdict for us as a government if we fail to live up to this responsibility and it won’t matter if we succeed in other areas. Unfortunately, the stark reality now is that our citizens are fast losing confidence in our security system,” he said.

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“This must not be the case. Before we ebb to the realm of anarchy, we must rise up as true representatives of the Nigerian people to salvage the situation and defend our hard-won democracy.”

The Speaker argued that the unresolved issue of rampant killing of defenceless people, including innocent and vulnerable children and women, in various parts of the country, calls for a sober reflection and more concerted efforts by the National Assembly to exploit all Constitutional powers and privileges to ensure the protection of lives and property in the entire country by the security agencies.

 

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