Umeh urged President Buhari to reconstitute the composition of the membership of the National Defence Council and National Security Council
Fred Itua, Abuja
Senators were split down the middle party lines yesterday over alleged exclusion of the South from the National Defence Council.
Trouble started after Senator Victor Umeh, who represents Anambra Central, sponsored a motion on the ‘Urgent need to appoint a representative of the South East into the National Defence Council and the National Security Council,’ which incurred the wrath of northern senators.
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Umeh, in the motion, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the composition of the membership of the National Defence Council and National Security Council, to comply with the Federal Character Principle, as enshrined in the Constitution.
The Anambra senator also urged the president to appoint an officer from the…
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