In a press release issued and signed by the Speaker, Dogara said he and the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, met with President Muhammadu Buhari today over the Plateau violence.
He said they requested for the meeting in order to hear from the President the steps and measures he was taking to end the orgy of killings and violence not only on the Plateau, but in other parts of the country.
Dogara said, “The President briefed us on what he saw firsthand when he visited Plateau State on Tuesday and the measures he is putting in place to forestall a recurrence.
“The President has taken enough steps and told us what he is doing, especially the reorganisation that he plans to put in place to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.
‘We also used the opportunity to advise the President on other measures and actions that will help bring lasting peace in our country in accordance with the resolutions passed at the joint emergency closed-door session of the National Assembly held some weeks ago.
“These are very sober moments for all us. In a situation where people, in hundreds continued to be killed, we can no longer tolerate this kind of situation as a government.
” We call on all relevant government agencies to quickly provide emergency relief services to people in the affected areas.”
He said the House of Representatives and, indeed, the National Assembly would continue to work towards providing all necessary legislative backing to the security agencies, especially in the area of funding needed to reform and equip the Armed Forces to tackle the prevailing security challenges confronting us as a nation.
Dogara also offered his condolences to the families of victims of violence in Zamfara, Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna Nasarawa, Borno, Yobe and other places, urging citizens to embrace peace without which there could be no meaningful
development.
