The House:
Notes that there have been increasing security challenges in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which is the capital of Nigeria, hosting the heads of the executive, legislature, judiciary, and diplomats as well as their aides and family members;
Aware that Section 14(2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) declared the provision of security and welfare of the people as the primary purpose of government;
Also aware that Section 299(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) vested legislative powers of the FCT in the National Assembly, which calls for a passionate appeal for intervention by the House to support the provision of adequate security services within the FCT and makes it necessary that the House of Representatives should identify by making this kind of gesture by giving a visible contribution;
Disturbed that the 2024 scorecard of the FCT Police Command showed one thousand and seventy-seven (1,077) suspected criminals were arrested within the FCT out of one thousand four hundred and twenty-six (1,426) cases reported, with one hundred and forty (140) lives of police officers lost in the line of duty; Worried that recently, the FCT Police Command has identified about seventeen (17) criminal black spots in the FCT, which include the diplomatic zone, the new PDP Secretariat, Gwarimpa, Angwan Tivi, Mpape, Mabushi, and Maitama;
Also worried that the lack of adequate security patrol vehicles and gadgets in criminal black spots within the FCT has led to an increase in armed robbery, targeted attacks, assassination, kidnapping, and terrorism;
Resolves to:
(i) urge the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to support the security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory with patrol vehicles and security gadgets to enhance the provision of adequate security services within the Federal Capital Territory; and
(ii) mandate the Committee on National Security and Intelligence to ensure compliance.
Obika Media Team.
