The Senate erupted in rare unanimity last Tuesday, launching its toughest security action yet after terrorists abducted 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State, Sunday Aborisade reports.
The Red Chamber last week finally reached its breaking point. What began as another sombre review of a tragic attack on a Nigerian school quickly spiralled into one of the chamber’s strongest security interventions in years.
Shock, anger and deep institutional frustration converged as lawmakers confronted the reality that, despite nearly a decade of funding, donor support, special programmes and emergency interventions, Nigeria is still unable to guarantee the safety of children in their classrooms.