Present at the meeting were the Chief of Defense Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval staff, Chief of Air Staff, D.G DSS and a representative of the National Security Adviser.
The bi-partisan closed-door meeting with the Service Chiefs is aimed at reviewing the current security strategies and discuss new solutions.
Speaking at the commencement of the meeting, Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the security challenges have lingered and the Senate had hoped that the situation would have been better.
Lawan stressed that it is important at this time to come up with an effective solution, as the crisis is coming toward Abuja, where the head of government is located.
On his part, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor said a lot is being done to improve security.
The meeting between the Senate and the Service Chiefs comes few days after members of the National Assembly threatened to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to properly tackle the security crisis in the country within six weeks.
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