PRESIDENT SEEKS EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY RULE FROM THE SENATE.

 

President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded a request seeking the approval of the National Assembly for an extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe beginning from Nov. 12, 2013. Contained in a letter to the Senate President Sen. David Mark, and read on the floor of the Senate, the president said the request was necessary to provide more time for the security agencies to address some of the security challenges still existing in the affected areas. He said that the approval of a further six months extension of the emergency rule was "important” as it was expected that normalcy would have been fully restored within the period. It would be recalled that the Federal Government declared a State of Emergency in the affected states in May 2013 and although there have been reported cases of the military and security agencies battling the insurgents, the war over Boko Haram is yet to be won.