to make intervention Fund of N10 billion in the 2019 Budget for IDPs in Zamfara
By Henry Umoru
ABUJA – WORRIED over the increasing level of insecurity in Zamfara State and other parts of the Country, the Senate has reiterated its call for the establishment of state police if the problem must be nipped in the bud.

The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal government to make provision of N10 billion in the 2019 appropriation as intervention fund to cater for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other person’s affected by the activities of armed bandits in zamfara state.

The Upper legislative chamber also urged the federal government to set up an ad-hoc committee to be known as Presidential Initiative on Zamfara State (PIZAMS) with a 10 year life span to manage the said fund and subsequent allocations.

Indeed, the Senators have also applauded all Nigerians who irrespective of cultural, religious and tribal differences, who came out in their numbers to show to solidarity to the plight of their brothers and sisters in zamfara state.

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Resolutions of the Senate were sequel to a motion by Senator Kabiru Marafa (zamfara central).

Citing order 42 and 52 of the senate rule, Marafa alluded that humanitarian crisis is looming in zamfara state if nothing is done to arrest the situation.

Consequently, he urged the Senate to create the intervention fund to cater for what it called humanitarian crisis in the state.

Speaking, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki who presided said, ” From the contributions we have had, I think it is key that we begin to look at the problem and look for long-term solutions. I think that what we did yesterday (Tuesday) in trying to strengthen the funding of the police and what we have before us, the Police Reform Bill, which would be laid today. The sooner that we can pass that will also help us in addressing the insecurity challenges.

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“But more importantly is that we must go back to what a lot of us had been advocating here that there is need for us to have state or community police. It is the way forward. Otherwise, we will continue to run into these problems. On the area of oversight, there is a lot also that we need to do to ensure that we hold the security agencies accountable. And we need to move very fast in this area.”

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