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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
House of Representatives has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for giving priority to security by committing more resources to tackle insecurity in the country.
Chairman of House Committee on National Intelligence, Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada, gave the commendation, yesterday, at the seventh Extraordinary Session of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Defence and Security Committees, in Abuja.
Sharada noted that the President Buhari administration has enhanced provision of capacity development services and improved international within Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) states, as well as ensured consistent increase in annual budgetary allocations for the security sector.
He said: “It is significant to note that the Buhari administration has not only prioritised security on its governance agenda, but committed more time, logistics and resources to address the national security challenges than any regime in the history of democratic governance in Nigeria.
“It is important to mention the professionalization of the military/intelligence community, enhanced provision of capacity development services, improved international collaboration within ECOWAS states and consistent increase in annual budgetary allocations for security sector over the years.
“This fantastic development has strengthened the national security agencies to address disturbing security threats from Boko Haram insurgents and other emerging crimes to ensure stability in governance and peaceful co-existence in the country.”
The lawmaker added that this “has also propelled the image of Nigeria for setting exemplary leadership in fighting humanitarian crimes and ensuring a sustainable democratic governance within the ECOWAS sub-region and the continent.
“In support of this reality, the Buhari administration has facilitated the enactment of laudable sector reform legislations that have significant impact on national security and realisation of government agenda related to development of political and socio-economic rights of Nigerians.
“A few examples of such legal frameworks include the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021, Electoral Act, 2022, Police Act, 2020, the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, the Terrorism (Amendment Act), 2015, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, the Money Laundering Prohibition
Act, the Cyber Crime Act and several Constitution Alterations Acts that largely beatified the national security sector reform in the present Ddemocratic dispensation.”
