The Senate Tuesday called for immediate rescue of the abducted 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi state from captivity of their abductors by relevant security agencies.

It also sought for urgent recruitment of at least 100, 000 men and officials into the military just as it set up an Ad – hoc committee to probe the fund expended so far on the Safe School Initiative.

Resolutions to these effects by the Senate were sequel to an urgent motion sponsored by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi( Kebbi North )  on 25 students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi state in the early hours of Monday.

Senator Abdullahi in the motion said the abduction of the female pupils and killing of the school vice principal  by  bandits was a dirty slap on the face of  the nation which must be seriously looked into and urgently addressed. 

“This is a wake- up call for the country as far as security and safety are concerned,  because a nation that cannot secure its children , is not worth living in,” he said.

He lamented that if an end is not put to abduction of pupils from their various schools, acquisition of knowledge by school age Nigerians, would be seriously undermined and by extension, stagnates the growth and development of the country.

Contributing to the motion, the Senate Chief  Whip, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno ( Borno North ) , described the act as dastardly which according to him, must be spoken against by all Nigerians.

Senator Francis Fadahunsi ( Osun East ), wondered why the criminality of banditry and terrorism still persist in the country despite the effort being put up against it by President Bola Tinubu- led federal government, warning that the nation has to get rid of it before foreign powers intervene.

“The more President Tinubu struggles to end the banditry and terrorism, the more kidnapping continues. Crime is spreading every day.   Nigerians must stand up against this impunity before we have problem from abroad,” he said.