{"id":3942,"date":"2022-08-10T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:43:14","slug":"kogi-assembly-poor-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-assembly-poor-security\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bad Road, Low Fence, No Camera:&#8217; Kogi Lawmakers Worry over Poor Security at Assembly Complex\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kogi State House of Assembly members have on Tuesday expressed worry over the poor state of security at the assembly complex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawmakers said the assembly complex lacked the essential security measures and could be overrun in the case of an attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The majority Leader, Muktar Bajeh in a motion demanded that in the interim the lawmakers should \u201cstagger\u201d their sittings until security is improved at the complex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to NAN, Bajeh said spacing the sittings is necessary to avoid the lawmakers falling victim to attacks by hoodlums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe security situation in Nigeria and Kogi of today demands that we should approach the state government to help improve the security situation of our assembly complex,\u201d the legislator said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThough it\u2019s a known fact that governor Yahaya Bello stands tall among his equals in terms of securing the state, we want his administration to do more in view of the current security challenges in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI, hereby, suggest that in view of the security challenges, we should stagger our sittings as a proactive measure until the government helps to improve the security of the assembly complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in support of the motion, Umar Isah-Tanimu, an APC lawmaker, said the complex\u2019s location on the outskirts of Lokoja metropolis, low fence and lack of security cameras portend danger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe government should help raise the fence and equally provide the complex with CCTV cameras and a security post that will help guarantee the safety of lawmakers and the assembly\u2019s staffers,\u201d Isah-Tanimu said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his remarks, Matthew Kolawale, speaker of the house, while approving the motion, lamented that the road leading to the assembly is in bad shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf you take a look at the agencies along the bad road, you will discover they are majorly federal government\u2019s including the federal high court, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), West African Examination Council, and many others including our state high court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUnder normal circumstances, the journey from the zone 8 junction to this complex should take nothing more than five minutes, but today it took me 27 minutes to get here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUnfortunately, most of our security personnel are not armed; 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