The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Ondo South, has called on parliaments around the world to provide supportive budgets for their respective Ministries of Defence.
Senator Ibrahim made the call during a PowerPoint presentation on power and insecurity at the recently concluded 150th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting in Uzbekistan.
He emphasized that a supportive approach to annual defence budgeting is essential to curbing the rising tide of insecurity across many nations.
“The central question for governments and security agencies should be: security for whom, when, and how?
Addressing power and insecurity issues alongside their ecosystems is key to the security of the geocentric system”.
He posited further that government’s failure to address poverty effectively will further exacerbate insecurity in any society , requiring courage in that respect to address the flip side of fear among citizens and failing systems.
He argued that Life is increasingly tricky amid this struggle, yet we still maintain a defence structure. It is only a matter of time before one of these emotions- fear or courage- prevails.
The Senator who holds a doctorate degree in modern warfare , added that when Parliament functions as an oversight entity examining security expenditures, it might inadvertently foster insecurity which according to him, requires adoption of collaborative and supportive approaches as far as annual budgets for Ministries of Defence are concerned globally .
He stressed further that the key concern for parliaments globally should be efficient system and process creation and management in fighting fraud related to security spending.
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