SENATE PLANS REGIONAL MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO TACKLE INSECURITY.

The Nigerian Senate has announced plans to hold meetings with critical stakeholders in each geo-political zone to tackle insecurity challenges. The goal is to identify the root causes of security issues and develop practical solutions to restore peace and stability. 

Senate Leader and Chairman of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on National Security Summit, Opeyemi Bamidele, announced this at the inaugural meeting of the committee in Abuja, stressing that peace and security are essential for meaningful development.

Bamidele explained that the meetings will involve various segments of society, including traditional institutions, government agencies, military and intelligence agencies, and local governments, adding that the committee will also engage with victims of armed violence to gather diverse perspectives and suggestions on transforming insecurity into effective order, noting that Nigeria can only achieve development and prosperity when peace and unity are guaranteed.

According to him, the Senate's National Security Summit aims to address specific security threats affecting different regions, including banditry and kidnapping in the North-West, terrorism in the North-East, farmers-herders clashes in the North-Central, separatist agitations in the South-East, oil theft in the South-South, and ritual killings in the South-West. 

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