{"id":20570,"date":"2025-03-13T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailynewswave.com\/?p=20570"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:46:31","slug":"insecurity-nigerian-senate-demands-permanent-military-base-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailynewswave.com\/insecurity-nigerian-senate-demands-permanent-military-base-in-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Nigerian Senate demands permanent military base in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has demanded that the federal government set up a long-term military installation in Benue State’s Gwer-West Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The call is to improve security and provide a faster response to attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of resolutions during plenary on Wednesday after Senator Tartenger-Zam raised a matter of urgent public importance, drawing attention to the deplorable security crisis in Gwer-West.<\/p>\n<p>Tartenger-Zam faulted the slow response of the state government, stating that authorities often downplay the attacks as mere skirmishes.<\/p>\n<p>The red chamber, therefore, unanimously resolved to push for a permanent military base in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The call comes in the wake of a fresh wave of violence in the area between Sunday and Monday night, where no fewer than four people were killed in another brutal invasion by armed attackers.<\/p>\n<p>Tartenger-Zam warned that the persistent attacks could have severe economic consequences, particularly in agriculture, which is the primary occupation of Gwer-West residents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Abba Moro, re-echoed Tartenger-Zam\u2019s concerns, criticizing the Benue State government\u2019s inaction, which, according to him, was pushing citizens to take the law into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>Moro said that the communities believe it is their responsibility to provide security, while expressing disappointment over the worsening situation.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers also urged the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to provide urgent relief materials to affected communities.<\/p>\n<p>They also called on the Benue State Government to enforce its anti-open grazing law to prevent further conflicts and mandated its Committees on National Security, Intelligence, Livestock, Army, Police, Navy, Air Force, and Defence to visit Gwer-West for an on-the-spot security assessment and express sympathy to victims of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Written By Matthew Atungwu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has demanded that the federal government set up a long-term military installation in Benue State’s Gwer-West Local Government Area. 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