June 15, 2026
By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja
ABUJA — The House of Representatives on Monday commenced a two-day public hearing on a series of defence-related bills aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s military structure, improving personnel welfare, and enhancing the Armed Forces’ capacity to respond to emerging security threats.
Opening the hearing at the National Assembly Complex, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, said the proposed legislation forms part of the 10th House Legislative Agenda and is a response to Nigeria’s evolving security challenges.
He noted that the country continues to face insurgency in the North-East, banditry and kidnapping in the North-West, farmer-herder conflicts in the North-Central, separatist agitations in the South-East, as well as growing threats such as cybercrime, maritime piracy and organised crime linked to terrorism.
