Last Thursday, members of the House of Representatives, while vehemently proposing that the National Assembly be shut down to force President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring the protection of life and property in Nigeria, asked a question that has been on the lips of millions of Nigerians for months now.
Many of the legislators who spoke on what they described as the terrible state of security across the country, demanded to know the whereabouts of National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd). Some even rhetorically wondered whether he had resigned his position.
Eventually, a lawmaker called for the resignation or sacking of Monguno, saying he should have been fired along with the last set of service chiefs. Emotions ran high in the chamber during the extended debate on growing insecurity in the country.
Sentry gathered that other items on the Order Paper for the day, which contains the agenda for each plenary, were stepped down while the lawmakers, mostly members of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), spent over one hour criticising the NSA and security agencies, while asking Monguno to ‘go home and rest.”
A member described his tenure as the worst in the history of security crisis in the country and asked his colleagues to ensure something is done urgently.
“Where is the NSA? Where exactly is Monguno? I believe that the security chiefs are, overwhelmed in this situation. Something drastic has to be done. Let us not wait until we are completely overwhelmed,” he said.