The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration will do all within its powers to ensure that the problem of insecurity currently confronting the country becomes a thing of the past.
Akpabio gave the assurance on Wednesday while receiving, on a courtesy visit, members of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria, led by its National President, Dr Lima Ahmed, at the National Assembly.
A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the President of the Senate, Jackson Udom, quoted Akpabio as saying:
“On behalf of the Nigerian Senate, I welcome you to the National Assembly. I am equally very happy to receive you in my office.
“As Nigerians, we are all aware of the insecurity challenges we are currently facing, and all I can say is that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is giving the situation his utmost attention, and that is what led to the recent release of the schoolchildren who were abducted in Oyo State.
“The current administration is doing a whole lot, and I can assure you that very soon, the issue of insecurity would be a thing of the past. Don’t rely on what you hear or see on social media; they are not a true reflection of what is happening in our country.”
Speaking further, Akpabio traced the refusal of women to support one another during elections for political offices to the toxic behaviour of some women who had, in the past, been given the opportunity to occupy such positions but misused them, to the detriment of other women.
Akpabio assured the golfers of his support and that of the Senate for their forthcoming international ladies’ tournament to be hosted at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja.
Earlier in her remarks, Dr Lima Ahmed thanked the Senate President for receiving her and her team. She formally invited him to the planned tournament and subsequently decorated him as the Grand Patron of the association.