Nigerian soldiers dying at alarming rate – Aisha Yesufu hits NASS

Activist lawyer Aisha Yesufu has expressed interest implicit what she described arsenic an alarming complaint of casualties among Nigerian soldiers, calling connected the National Assembly to instrumentality urgent action.

Yesufu said the state is losing its soldiers astatine a “sickeningly alarming rate” and questioned the effect of lawmakers who were elected to correspond and support the interests of citizens.

She asked whether the National Assembly had summoned applicable authorities to explicate the concern and what legislative measures had been introduced to guarantee amended extortion and payment for soldiers and their families.

Yesufu besides raised concerns astir the destiny of families near down by fallen troops, urging lawmakers to clarify what enactment systems are successful spot for the relatives of slain subject personnel.

According to her, the concern is further compounded by what she described arsenic a passive legislature, informing that portion the lack of decisive enactment from a commander-in-chief is troubling, a “controlled and inactive” National Assembly could beryllium arsenic damaging.