Advertisement

President Buhari will address a joint session of the national assembly this week

President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. [Twitter/@Buharisallau1]
President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. [Twitter/@Buharisallau1]
Buhari is likely to speak on the spate of insecurity in the country.
Advertisement

President Muhammadu Buhari will address a joint session of the national assembly on Thursday, December 10, 2020, his aides have told Pulse.

Advertisement

Details of the president’s address to legislators are still sketchy at this point, but Pulse has learnt that the nation’s Commander-in-Chief will appraise the legislature on what the executive has been doing to deal with the insecurity challenge bedeviling the country.

On Saturday, November 28, 2020, over 43 rice farmers were murdered by terrorists in a rice farm in the Jere local government area of Borno State. 

The killings sparked outrage across Nigeria, with lawmakers deliberating on how to fix Nigeria’s alarming security problems, for hours on end.

Advertisement

Afterwards, House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, informed Nigerians that President Buhari has agreed to address parliament on what is being done to tackle the spate of terrorism and banditry in the country.  

Advertisement