The Senate Committee on Interior on Tuesday received the budgets of the Federal Fire Service(FFS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for 2021 but declined to subject them to any tough questions for now.
This is to allow them attend to the current #EndSARS security challenges in parts of the country.
The Senate panel decision to excuse the two security agencies followed a motion by Senator George Sekibo who said “there should be no need to keep any of the security agencies at the National Assembly for too long at this time, when their attentions are required on the streets”.
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The Senate Committee chaired by Senator Kashim Shettima, accepted the prayer; and granted the security agencies the leave.
Speaking in an interview with journalists, Shettima confirmed the receipt of the budgets for the 2021 fiscal year for the security outfits.
He said the panel has subjected the document to scrutiny and that even though it has a lot of questions; it does not think it is appropriate at this time to keep the security officers more than necessary.
(Edited by Tunde Orebiyi)
