Why Senate summoned Service Chiefs – Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has explained that the Service Chiefs met with him to complain about non-release of their budgetary votes in the 2015 supplementary budget, lack of upgrade of their equipment and restocking were some of the challenges hampering their job and responsible for their inability to end insurgency in the North East.
In a statement issued by the media office of the Senate President, the meeting between the leadership of the Senate, its relevant Senate committees and the military hierarchy also reviewed the general developments in the fight against insurgency in the region, particularly in the wake of the recent vicious attack on Dalori town in Borno State.
The statement stressed that the closed door meeting which lasted for about two hours was presided over by Senate President, where several issues tailored at further empowering the security agencies to win the war against the Boko Haram insurgency were discussed in a frank and open exchange between the senators and the military top brass.
According to the statement, the Military chiefs were led by General Abayomi Olonishakin, the Chief of Defence Staff who briefed the senators on ‘the various challenges faced by the military, particularly the state of their equipment which they said require serious upgrading and restocking’.
“They also complained that their vote in the 2015 supplementary budget has not been released thereby hampering their ability to fund their operations. Other issues that came up for discussion was the need to continuously increase the personnel in the three branches of the military and the hindrance posed by the procurement process which they said is very slow.

 

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