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Reps promise adequate budgetary provision to tackle insecurity

By Chukwudi Obasi, Abuja

The House of Representatives has promised to assist the Nigerian Army to tackle the challenge of insecurity in the country through adequate budgetary provisions

The committee’s chairman, Aminu Balele, made the pledge during yesterday’s 2025 budget defence.

Speaking to journalists after a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Olufemi Oluyede, Balele said the committee was satisfied with the Army’s 2024 budget performance.

He said the House is committed to providing unwavering support, fostering cooperation, and maintaining solidarity with the military.

“Rest assured, this committee’s determination to champion the welfare of our troops, ensure adequate power provisions, and promote capacity building at all levels remains steadfast.

“Today, we have achieved a lot in the sense that we have analyzed and scrutinized the 2024 budgets, and more importantly, before we move into 2025, we ask so many fundamental questions, mainly what is happening in the country and the way forward, and you know this is a security committee.

“They give us some security inputs whereby we support; we have to help them to see that in the following short of time, they have addressed the question of this insecurity largely all over the country.

“In terms of implementation, it was excellent. They have achieved over 99 percent in terms of implementation, and we have sent our colleagues and gone all around the country during the oversight function.

“We have understood that whatever they brought is perfect and okay. It’s just a question of, you know, there is so much pressure from Nigerians. They need quick results on this security issue that is affecting our nation.

“We have done our best from the national Assembly, particularly the House of Representatives, and we succeeded in that we are addressing the question of even though you know there is inflation in terms of exchange rate and others.

“We have seen how we have succeeded in improving their capital and largely their overheads, and there are no regular allowances because you will find a member and soldier, you know, collecting the minimal amount of money in terms of his allowance. So we compare not we sit down, and we resolve those issues, and it’s a gradual process.”

 

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