SENATE TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE OF THE NIGERIA FOREST SECURITY SERVICE BILL TO ENSURE IT’S PASSAGE INTO LAW 17-03-25
By Sadiq Aminu The Nigerian Senate is to take up the issue of the Nigeria Forest Security Service, NFSS Bill to ensure its passage into law without further delay.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin stated this when the Commander General of the NFSS, Dr. Wole Osatimehin, led a team of top officers of the Service on a courtesy visit to him in Abuja.
Senator Jibrin who commended Dr. Osatimehin and his management team for the successes being recorded by operatives of NFSS, said Nigeria urgently needed more services of NFSS to rid the country’s forests of banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and related crimes.
Earlier in his remark, Dr. Wole Osatimehin said the visit was to consult on the need to see that the NFSS Bill is brought to a logical conclusion and signed into law, especially since the service has established functional command and control offices in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The Deputy Commander General, Intelligence, of the NFSS, Ambassador John Metchie thanked the Deputy Senate President for his pledge to see to the logical conclusion of the NFSS Bill.
Ambassador Metchie who is also the African Director, International Association of World Peace Advocates, IAWPA, commended the National Assembly, maintaining that the NFSS Bill has enjoyed the support of both Senators and members of the House of Representatives.