The Senate did not approve of sending troops to Niger The Senate of Nigeria has said that it will not allow President Tinubu to send troops...
The Senate did not approve of sending troops to Niger
The Senate of Nigeria has said that it will not allow President Tinubu to send troops to Niger, based on some important reasons that the Senate should hold a special session on.
In the letter that President Tinubu sent to the Parliament, he asked for their support on the decision taken by ECOWAS, including interference in the restoration of democracy in the neighboring country.
After reading the letter by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio in the House of Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi brought a resolution to draw the attention of the House to Tinubu's request.
Ningi said that war is not a joke, and especially the war that involves the border, in the Northern region, there are about seven states that share the border with the country of Niger, it is difficult to distinguish the natives of Niger from the Nigerians who are border, therefore Congress must be careful. Ningi said the president has no authority to take this action alone without bringing his reasons before the parliament.
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, a member of the Senate who is the former chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, commented that the law of the land does not allow the parliament to approve this action, and the law does not give the president the right to appear before himself. not. Ndume said that if Niger attacks Nigeria, then Nigeria will be allowed to respond, but now the senators of the Northern zone will not accept such a move even if there is an opposite. Ndume said that it is better to go through diplomacy if we want to get benefits, and this is what is accepted.
Senator Rufai Sani Hanga also said that there is something to look at in the way the President's request came to the Assembly because the owners should not be brought as a notice, that is not appropriate. Hanga said that when the request was brought, Parliament closed the door to discuss the request first because going to war is not a small matter. Hanga said that most members of parliament will not agree to this request because the war will affect many things in the country, especially the lives of the people.
The ECOWAS group headed by Tinubu has given Niger's army one week from last Sunday to restore the ousted President Mohammed Bazoum to his position or face severe sanctions.