Senate has postponed its meeting with Service Chiefs, Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Inspector General of Police to Thursday May 6.
Ahmad Lawan, Senate president, disclosed this at plenary on Tuesday May 4, saying the security chiefs who are supposed to brief the Senate, are still engaged at National Security Council meeting which may extend till Wednesday May 5.
Lawan said;
The briefing will be very crucial, for us to be properly informed and properly guided. The only item on the Order Paper on Thursday will be the briefing.
After an exhaustive debate at the Senate, last Tuesday, the upper chamber had resolved to invite the heads of the nation’s Armed Forces and other security agencies over the current security challenges bedevilling the country.
It also disclosed that its leadership would meet with President Muhammdu Buhari to seek ways of addressing the deteriorating security situation in the country.
