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Senior advocate of Nigeria and Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has frowned at the National Assembly for going on holiday while the country is facing its biggest security challenge.
Falana expressed shock at the federal lawmakers were not taking the security problem seriously as they should, saying it’s very unfortunate.
The lawyer made his position known while granting interview questions on a political program on Channels Television.
Recall that the National Assembly on Wednesday decided to go on vacation from July 28th till September 20, 2022.
This is coming three days after personnel of the Presidential Guards Brigade were attacked in Bwari, Abuja with six of them reportedly killed by bandits.
Last week, terrorists in a video that went viral online, threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
Speaking on the security situation, Falana said: ” They [lawmakers] are going on vacation for six [eight] weeks. You can’t talk of a vacation when your house is on fire.”
He said the six-week ultimatum given to the president to end the insecurity in the land was not realistic, saying, “they should have given the president a 7-day ultimatum.”
“This is because, within six weeks, there may not be a National Assembly for them to return to. Schools have been closed down. Yesterday, we had a call to the bar ceremony, the venue has to change and parents were asked not to turn up because of the seriousness of the situation.
“You only say that in a war situation. And if care is not taken, if we continue with the lackadaisical attitude of the political class, we are going to be in trouble.
“You can’t talk of elections next year if the situation is not arrested and urgently too.”
The human rights activist said the situation calls for an emergency session of the National Assembly to deliberate on it and find a solution.