Following the need to nip insecurity in Nigeria in the bud, the Senate, Wednesday, deferred for two weeks its proposed National Security Summit.
The Senate had earlier scheduled the security summit for Wednesday and Thursday next week, just as it decided to postpone the event, realizing that the date was fixed in a hurry.
It would be recalled that the Senate had on Wednesday after a debate on issues related to the security developments in the country, agreed to hold a national security summit in Abuja with various stakeholders, to come up with lasting solutions to the serious security situation in the country.
Also recall that the decision of the Senate to hold the summit was as result of the recent killings in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba, and Kaduna states, geared towards brainstorming and coming up with workable solutions to the worrisome problem.
The decision to postpone the summit was sequel to a point of order raised by the Senate leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who appealed to his colleagues to suspend relevant sections of the Chamber’s standing rules and rescind their earlier resolution on the mater, and then allow for extension of time.
Senator Lawan said: “The ad hoc Committee on the Review of Security Infrastructure in Nigeria met and considered that the time between now and next week is too short for this Senate to organise a very good and solid national summit.
”This committee needs more time, so that we organise a summit that is worth its name and get the proper outcome.
“Our committee, therefore, is asking that we rescind our earlier resolution of holding the summit on Wednesday and Thursday next week and extend it to two weeks, and the exact date within this period will be announced later when we would have arrived at the final arrangement for this time.
”I, therefore, move that the Senate gives us this opportunity to organise a summit that is worth its name.”
After presenting his argument on why the date should be shifted, and moving a motion to that effect, the Senate Deputy minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, seconded the motion, and it was approved through a voice vote called by Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.
