Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over the prevalent insecurity in the country.
The move comes hours after the abduction of 27 students and 14 others from Government Secondary School in Kagara, Niger state.
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The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari led administration to implementation the various recommendations of the Senate on how to tackle insecurity.
These resolutions of the Senate followed a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on incident by Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa.
While moving his motion on Wednesday, Musa said it was gathered that the gunmen stormed the school wearing military uniforms.
He expressed;
The bandits were in military uniforms when they attacked the boarding school overpowered the security guards before whisking away the students, the numbers are yet to be confirmed.
Headcount is being conducted in the school as we speak to ascertain the number of students kidnapped.
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The lawmaker added;
The constitution stipulates that the welfare of citizens is the primary responsibility of government, so governments at all levels owe it as a duty to provide adequate security.
The abduction is coming on the heels of the yet to be unresolved abduction of 300 students from Kankara, Katsina state.
On his part, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan said the frequent incidents of kidnapping of students would reverse the gains made in school enrollment over the years in the North.
He said parents would no longer yield to persuasion to enroll their wards in school with the level of insecurity plaguing the area especially the kidnap of school children.
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In his contribution, Senator Mohammed Birma Enagi (Niger South) described the Federal Government as “incompetent” in dealing with the rising insecurity in the country.
Following the attack, Niger state government ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in four local government areas.
