The Senator Lawal Usman representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, on Sunday, said President Bola Tinubu had also directed him, as the senator representing Kaduna Central, to convene an emergency stakeholders’ meeting on the current insecurity situation in the state.
According to The PUNCH, the lawmaker told newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday that the directive came on the heels of his visit to the President at the Presidential Villa, on Friday.
He also sympathised with families of the over 200 abducted students of two schools in Kuriga 1, Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
The lawmaker assured the families that security agencies were working to rescue the students.
Usman said President Bola Tinubu had also directed him, as the senator representing Kaduna Central, to convene an emergency stakeholders’ meeting on the current insecurity situation in the state.
According to him, the planned meeting will address critical areas of insecurity, especially the frequent bandit operations in the state.
He added that the meeting would also address the use of modern ways of cracking crimes, intelligence gathering, and community policing, among others.
The stakeholders, he said, include security agencies, community leaders, traditional institutions, the government and civil society organisations.
