Senator representing Benue North East, Gabriel Suswam has said that Nigeria is at a stage where desperate action needs to be taken.
Suswam said this on Tuesday during the Senate plenary after Senator Bello Mandiya cited Order 42 and 52 to seek the leave of the Senate to present a Motion on the abduction of students of Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State.
The Benue lawmaker urged his colleagues to take actions, represent Nigerians and address fears and hopes rather than continue to pay lip service.
Suswam said: “we need to go beyond where we are today if we are representing the people. We cannot be representing the people and continue to pay lip service to it. A desperate situation needs a desperate action. We must become desperate to address this situation.
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Senator Bello Mandiya representing Katsina South in the National Assembly has cried out that the fate of the abducted Kankara schoolboys may be like that of the Chibok and Dapchi schoolgirls if the government delays taking the necessary measures to rescue them.
Senator Mandiya brought the issue of the abduction of the over 500 schoolboys to the floor of the Senate on Tuesday.
The lawmaker expressed sadness over the abduction of students at Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State by gunmen on Friday, calling on the government to act fast.
He recalled that the Katsina State Governor, Mallam Aminu Masari was reported to have confirmed that before the incident, the school which operates as a boarding school had a total student population of 884 students but after the attack, the whereabouts of 333 students is yet to be ascertained.
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