June 12: President Tinubu To Address Joint Session Of National Assembly
•••As Senate Urges FG To Beef Up Security Along Bauchi, Plateau, Taraba Borders
•By Admin
ABUJA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on June 12 address a joint session of both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly as part of activities marking Democracy Day.
This is coming on the heels of the Senate adjournment of sitting to 17th of June 2025 to mark both Democracy Day and Id El Kabir.
President of the Senate, Godswill Obong Akpabio urged all senators to make themselves available on the June 12 for the joint session.
The Senate also made adjustments on membership of regional development committees and nominated Senator Gbenga Daniel (APC Ogun East) as the Vice Chairman of South-West committee and Senator Sarafadeen Ali (APC Oyo South) as a member.
Akpabio also read a letter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu requesting for confirmation of appointment of executive directors of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation,NDIC.
In the letter, Dr. Thompson Oludare Sunday and Dr. Kabir Sabo Katata were appointed as Managing Director and Executive Director respectively.
Meanwhile the Senate has asked the federal government to beef up security along the borders of Taraba, Bauchi and Plateau states to prevent incessant incursions of farmer-herders crisis.
Responding to a motion on Matters of Urgent Public Importance by Senator Isa Shuaibu Lau (Taraba North), the Senate said soldiers should be drafted to the area to safe the lives of helpless civilians in the rural areas.
Lau in his motion noted that on Friday 23rd of May 2025, there was a serious farmers-herders crisis that led to the loss of lives of about 60 to 70 persons in Munga Lelau, Maigami village under Karim Lamido Local Government area of Taraba State.
It was gathered that the incident was triggered by reprisal attacks from both the farmers and herders of the communities.
He also said that about 47 houses were burnt down and more than 200 people displaced, scattered in camps in the local government headquarters and neighbouring Lau local government area.
According to him, Karim Lamido Local Government which shares boundary with Plateau and Bauchi States had been suffering from attacks from bandits using the border as their hideout due to lack of security presence in the area of Comonoro and Jebieb communities, Chibi and Tabgu communities in Plateau State.
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