By Christiana Ekpa
Following the overwhelming insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives I’m Wednesday set up a 40-man adhoc committee to brainstorm and produce a blueprint that address the challenge, which will be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari within three weeks.
The committee is comprised of all the ten principal officers and 30 other members.
Announcing the decision after an executive session at the plenary, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said the committee members would “sit down for the next two to three weeks and come up with a comprehensive proposal to stem the tide of insecurity in the country”
Apart from the principal officers, members of the committee include Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) Ahmadu Jaha (APC, Borno), Linda Ikpeazu (PDP, Anambra), James Faleke (APC, Lagos), Shehu Balarabe(APC, Kaduna), Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta), Oluwole Oke (PDP, Osun).
Others are Sada Soli (APC, Katsina), Bamidele (APC, Osun), Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), Julius Ihonvbere (APC, Edo), Jimi Benson (APC, Lagos), Mohammed Datti (APC, Kaduna), Enwo Igariwey (PDP, Ebonyi), Jerry Alagbaso (PDP, Imo), Uju Kingsley (APC, Imo), Joseph Bello (APC, Kogi), Obinna Chidoka (PDP, Anambra), Abubakar Naralaba (APC, Nasarawa), Victor Nwokolo (PDP, Delta), Pat Asadu (PDP, Enugu) Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe), Sulaiman Abubakar Gumi ( APC, Zamfara) and Muntari Mohammed Dan Dutse (APC, Katsina).
The rest are Hassan (Kano), Usman Shiddi Danjuma (APC, Taraba), Sani Zangon-Daura (APC, Katsina), Shettima Lawal
The inaugural meeting of the committee, which will be headed by the speake would announced soon, according to Gbajabiamila.
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