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Insecurity: President Buhari Fails To Appear Before National Assembly

Insecurity: President Buhari Fails To Appear Before National

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday failed to honour the invitation to appear before the House of Representatives on the growing issue of insecurity affecting the country.

AllNews had reported that the National Assembly last week had summoned the president - after a long debate on the recent slaughtering of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents - to address Nigerians on the lingering insecurity.

Strong indications show that pressure was mounted on Buhari, especially by state governors at a meeting with the president, to shun the House.

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This news medium had earlier reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had predicted that President Buhari will not honour the invitation because he does not know what to tell Nigerians about insecurity. 

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan made this assertion after President Buhari disclosed his absence from the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (NASS) meeting on Thursday. 

He said “Mr. President is afraid of the obvious, he knows he has nothing to tell Nigerians on the security situation in the country. That is why he is running from the National Assembly. He also failed in every area of governance including security.”

According to the PDP party spokesperson, there was no plan by the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives to embarrass the president at the sitting.

“There is no plan of any sort by any member of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party to embarrass Mr. President. Mr. President is only afraid of his own shadows,” Ologbondiyan said on Thursday while featuring on a television programme in Lagos.

The House of Representatives led by the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, had last week invited Buhari over the rising insecurity and the killing of over 43 farmers in Borno State.

Following this, Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, had also revealed that he would appear before a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday.

But, there were reports on Tuesday that the President had decided not to attend the meeting any longer.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), therefore, said the National Assembly lacked the power to invite the president to speak on security matters.

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