The House of Representatives has urged the Chief of Defence Staff and other heads of the Armed Forces to double their already commendable efforts to weed out insurgents from Nigerian territory.
This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of the motion under matters of urgent public importance by Uchechuku Nnam-Obi at Thursday’s Plenary.
Moving the motion, Nnam-Obi decried the devastating effect of insurgency in Northern Nigeria which he said had lasted for 10 years.
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He said that the scourge started on July 26, 2009 and in spite of the Federal Government concerted efforts to eliminate same; it had continued to bedevil the region.
Nnam-Obi said that it was causing severe social economic meltdown particularly in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
According to him, the Nigerian military have deployed men and materials in great numbers to quell insurgency in this region.
The House, therefore, observed a minute silence for the souls of the men of the Armed Forces recently ambushed and other Nigerians who have lost their lives in the course the war.
