Nigeria’s Senate Tuesday granted another six months extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan, with some conditions.
The Upper Chamber gave the conditional approval after a closed door session presided over by Senate President David Mark, which delayed plenary for about two hours.
Some of the conditions given by the Senate include, monthly briefing of Senate by Service Chiefs, National Security Adviser (NSA) and Minister of Defence; presentation of supplementary budget to enable military combat insurgency; adequate Welfare of the Troops as well as provision of intervention funds for the affected states.
The Senate also lauded the intervention of the international community in the fight against insurgency, calling for special to recruitment into the army force to beef-up the strength of the troops.
Also, members called on the federal government and the state governments to come up with an economic plan to revive the economy of the economically and educationally backward states.
Prompt News recalls that the House of Representatives last week unanimously approved the extension of emergency rule by six months in the three states through a voice vote.
President Jonathan on May 15, 2013, declared a state of emergency in the three frontline states following escalation of crisis, occasioned by frequent attacks on innocent people by the insurgents, Boko Haram.
