The Senate has asked the Federal Government to order the Nigerian customs to review the use of firearms and camp boys by officers of the corps, stating that it amounts to abuse of firearms and privilege.
This is part of the recommendations of a report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the abuse of firearms by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service chaired by Fadahunsi Adenigba Francis, noting that the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale should redeploy the controllers of Katsina and adopt modern technology in discharging its mandate.
They also asked Federal Government to direct the customs boss, to reduce the multiple checkpoints in Katsina state to enable free flow of goods in and out of the communities.
In the meantime, Abdulrahman Kawu, moved a motion to encourage the federal government lend a voice to condemn the killings and destruction in the war between Israel and Hamas while suing for peace, particularly to avoid a degeneration into a World War 3.
Referencing the Nigerian civil war and the concomitant horror encountered by Nigerians, the Senate equally urged the United Nations to revisit the issue of a two-state solution as a proposed framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
