The Senate on Wednesday lamented the rate of killings and kidnappings recorded on a daily basis despite huge budgetary allocation alloted to the fight against insecurity in the country.
This followed a point of Order by Senator Mandiya Bello (Katsina South), coming under orders 41 and 51 of Senate standing rules calling on the Federal Government to take drastic actions to bring to an end the act of Banditry and Kidnapping in Faskari Local Government Area where Thirty Eight (38) members of the community were kidnapped on Sunday, 31 January, 2022 by unknown gunmen.
Senator Bello lamented that the continuous attacks have meted untold hardship on the people and subjected the affected areas to perpetual fear.
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He warned that if the menace is not drastically and promptly addressed, the consequence may be huge on food sufficiency since the affected communities are mostly farmers.
The upper chamber in its resolution Urged the Security Agencies to comb all known hide outs of the kidnappers in a bid to rescue the Thirty Eight (38) persons abducted by the gunmen in Ruwan Godiya
The Senate also Urge the Federal Government to send enough military personnel and Fighter jets to apprehend the bandits and restore normalcy in the affected areas.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
