The House of Representatives has referred to as on the Federal Government to set up a special taskforce devoted to addressing safety challenges in the Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Constituency of Borno State.
The decision of the House was sequel to the adoption of a movement moved at plenary on Tuesday by Hon. Ahmed Jaha.
The House mentioned the taskforce needs to be given a mandate to shield the lives and property of farmers in the world.
The Green Chamber additional referred to as on safety businesses to intensify intelligence gathering and surveillance actions in the constituency to establish and apprehend the perpetrators of assaults on farmers.
Moving the movement, Jaha decried the continual killing of peasant farmers in the Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Constituency.
He famous the House can not afford to overlook the fixed assaults on the farmers, including that the assaults not solely end result in loss of lives but in addition severely disrupt meals manufacturing, main to meals shortage, elevated costs, and financial instability.
Jaha expressed fear that the persistent insecurity in the Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Constituency has created an setting of concern and uncertainty, discouraging farmers from cultivating their lands and leaving their farm produce unharvested.
The lawmaker mentioned: “Acknowledging the efforts of the security agencies in combating insurgency and terrorism in our constituency, we must recognise that more needs to be done to provide a safe and reliable security environment for our farmers.
“The current security measures have proven inadequate in deterring attacks on innocent farmers, and it is high time we take decisive action to protect their lives and ensure their economic well-being.”
