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The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to intensify efforts in collaborating with other countries of the world to acquire advance technology for terrorism information gathering and satellite full imagery devices that can help in the fight against terrorism.
The green chamber during plenary on Tuesday equally urged development partners not to relent in their aid and support for counter terrorism in Nigeria.
It called for urgent commencement of further negotiation for the safe release of the remaining abductees.
These calls came through a motion entitled: “The tragic execution of voluntary health workers, Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Lima by Boko Haram sect and the urgent need to rescue the remaining health worker, Alice Loksha in captivity” sponsored by Hon. Chike Okafor (APC, Imo).
Raising the motion, Okafor expressed worries that despite the negotiation initiated by the federal government for the safe release of the abductees, the Boko Haram sect tow the part of tragic execution of two of the captives.
He said ” the remaining abductee, Alice Loksha, together with Leah Sharibu who was kidnapped in February 19, 2018 alongside dozens of her schoolmates in Dapchi, Yobe State, are still under captivity as the sect threatened to use them as slaves”.
In the motion’s debate, Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) and Hon. Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta) respectively condemned the present administration and charged them to adopt a more conventional way of fighting insecurity.
According to Chinda, the present administration has failed woefully. We should stop playing politics with the issue of insecurity.
“We must be proactive in dealing with this incidents. Mr. President should resign having failed to provide security for the country”, he added.
To this end, the motion was adopted through voice vote of the majority.
Recall that on March the 1st, three selfless citizens of Nigeria who are voluntary health workers, with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Saifura Khorsa, Hauwa Lima and Alice Loksha, were abducted by Boko Haram set in Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.