Opeyemi Bamidele, the majority leader in the senate, has stated that the national assembly is actively working towards enhancing community policing within the country.
Bamidele made this declaration on Saturday during the ceremony where he was conferred an honorary doctorate degree in private law by the Federal University, Oye Ekiti.
Olamilekan Adeola, the chairman of the senate committee on appropriations, and Yusuf Daji, the chairman of the house of representatives committee on navy, were among the individuals who received awards at the event.
The leader of the Senate highlighted the urgency for decisive measures to be taken in response to the rising incidents of banditry and kidnapping across the nation.
“More than ever before, the national assembly is working tirelessly to provide the necessary legislative framework to strengthen community policing and multi-level security architecture,” he said.
“Developing such a legal framework has become imperative at this time in our history. This plan is in the overriding public interest of safeguarding the security of lives and property, the stability of our democracy, and the progress of our fatherland.
“The cases of abduction, killings, maiming, population displacement, and disruption of socio-economic activities in Benue, Ekiti, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau, Sokoto, and Zamfara in recent times have called for an urgent and decisive action by all state actors and other stakeholders.”
Bamidele mentioned that the individuals responsible for these offenses would not be able to avoid the consequences of the legal system.
“None of them will escape the long arm of the law,” he said.
“In Ekiti, we are peace-loving people. But nobody should take our spirit of good neighborliness and accommodation for granted for any reason.”
Adeola, on the other hand, expressed his commitment to making significant contributions to the educational sector of the nation.
