The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Representative Babajimi Benson has vowed to work with other stakeholders to ensure accountability and caution in government spending in the area of security.
Benson in a statement pledged the committee’s readiness to support all security agencies to achieve their mandates.
The Chairman, who said that there were huge, tasks before the committee and the security agencies under its supervision, called on them to live up to the expectations of Nigerians. He said the need to protect life and property in the country could not be overemphasized.
The lawmaker also pledged that the committee would follow up the decision of the House to provide special fund to be approved by the National Assembly. This resolution, he said, followed revelations from a security meeting between the leadership of the House and the Service Chiefs, on September 23rd.
