The co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, has called on the legislature to summon President Bola Tinubu before its joint session to account for what he is doing to protect the citizens of Nigeria.
The human rights activist made the call on Monday in an open letter to the National Assembly, urging federal lawmakers to pass legislation to strengthen security agencies and address the root causes of insecurity.
She stressed that the National Assembly must wake up to its responsibilities and act in the best interests of Nigerians.
She was reacting to the wave of insecurity ravaging the country, saying, “We will not be silenced or intimidated. We will continue to demand accountability and good governance.”
According to her, the Nigerian people are being hunted like animals—abducted or killed in their places of worship, schools, on the roads, farms, markets, and even in their homes, where they ought to be safest—adding that nowhere and no one is safe in the country.
“With all of this happening, the National Assembly members have not deemed it fit to raise their collective voices for the people who sent them. Instead, they have raised their voices in defending the executive they should be holding accountable.
“As a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am dismayed and disappointed by the National Assembly’s failure to fulfil its constitutional duties. As the highest legislative arm of government, the National Assembly is supposed to be the voice of the people, but it has become a rubber-stamp assembly, complicit in the country’s descent into chaos,” she said.