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By Abdulwaheed Olayinka Adubi, Kaduna
Senator representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Sunday Marshal Katung, has disclosed that the Senate is making efforts to make laws that will terminate insecurity and poverty across the country.
This is just as he said that the government can not run away from the fact that, “Nigerians are simply tired of insecurity.”
The lawmaker, while responding to questions from journalists shortly after a thanksgiving service in honour of Most Reverend Timothy Yahaya over his height ranking to the level of Archbishop in the Anglican communion, Kaduna province on Sunday, he said that the legislature, the executive and the Service Chiefs are already working together to end insecurity in the country.
According to the lawmaker, “if necessary measures were put in place before the removal of fuel subsidy, people wouldn’t have been subjected to too much suffering that they are currently going through.
“The major role of legislature is law making, so we are bringing laws to ensure that insecurity and poverty are eliminated. And this can be achieved through collaborations with the Executive.
“So, we are doing the best we can, to see that the people do not suffer unnecessarily on account of this equivalent of fuel subsidy. While subsidy removal is good, but there should be measures to ensure that people are not subjected to too much suffering.
“So, the lawmakers and the executive, we are all putting heads together to ensure that this insecurity is brought to an end. The Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff have assured us that they have the formula to end this issue of insecurity.
“And we are believing in them, because we have seen efforts in recent past, indicating that they are serious in tackling insecurity and bringing it to an end. So we urged them to keep up the efforts because Nigerians are simply tired.
On the thanksgiving service, Senator Katung said: “first and foremost, I want to keep the record straight that I was able to attend this function because the celebrant is somebody I believe in. He is just to show gratitude to God for what He has done for him in his life. We recognise him as one of our own and that is why we come in this number to show solidarity.
“As for insecurity in Southern Kaduna, the Chief of Defence Staff is not a Chief of Defence Staff for Southern Kaduna. He is a Chief of Defence Staff for Nigeria. If you are a student of history and contemporary history in particular, you will know that insecurity has bedeviled the entire country, not just southern Kaduna,” the lawmaker explained.