The Senate on Tuesday met with the heads of security agencies and the Economic team over the recent security challenges in Nigeria.
On receiving the guests, the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio welcomed them and also thanked the Security chiefs for honouring the invite of the Senate last Tuesday.
The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, had two weeks ago summoned for a meeting last Tuesday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt – General Taoheed Lagbaj; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar; the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; Director General of Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.
The Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, then moved a motion that the Senate resolved into a closed-door session to receive security briefings.
The lawmakers and the various heads of security and economic teams, thereafter, went into a closed-door session after a voice vote by the Senate President.
The meeting, however, didn’t hold as the NSA and the chief of Defence Staff were absent, stressing that the President stated that the Senate preferred to have a robust team including that of the economic team.
