Following the meeting with the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Abubakar on Tuesday, May 7, the Senate pledged to give adequate budgetary support required by the Nigeria Police.
This is in a bid to address the pressing and increasing security challenges nationwide.
Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, disclosed this on the floor of the house shortly after a closed-door session that lasted more than two hours with the acting Inspector General (IG) of Police, Mohammed Adamu, in Abuja.
The Senate had on the 25th of April summoned Adamu over the alarming level of insecurity in the country, ranging from kidnapping to insurgency and banditry.
Saraki said the police chief “briefed us on efforts at ameliorating the situation and the challenges. “However, he hoped to address the menace squarely. “He promised to address the areas that have to do with discipline of officers that have been found wanting.
“He said efforts are being deployed to improve the situation, particularly on the Abuja-Kaduna axis and also in the area of intelligence and technology.” Saraki said the Senate had committed itself to supporting the police in the areas of funding towards strengthening the officers’ capacity.
“The Senate also promised and committed that in the areas of funding issues, it is ready at any time to give assistance to provide adequate funding that is required in order to make the police combat the necessary threats to our security,’’
Saraki said. Speaking to newsmen after the session, Adamu said: “A lot of the strategies that we put in place are working. “And then we have reviewed the strategies and what we are putting again in order to mitigate some of the challenges that emerged.
“And they have appreciated what we presented and also they gave suggestions as to how to enhance the strategies that we said we are deploying.”