Nigerian rapper and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has urged the Federal Government to convene a public hearing to address the country’s worsening security challenges and the persistent failure to adequately equip the military.
Falz made the appeal on Monday while reacting to recent incidents of insecurity across the nation.
He described the current situation as “a national security emergency” and encouraged Nigerians to take action by reaching out to their lawmakers.
According to him, “every citizen [should] contact their Reps and senators with coordinated emails, phone calls and WhatsApp messages.”
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In a widely circulated video, the entertainer questioned the federal defence spending and the state of military equipment. He stated, “We need to call for public a hearing, broadcast on live TV, livestream for anybody anywhere in the world to watch. So many billions and billions being budgeted and being released for acquisition of arms and ammunition but what happening? While is the military still ill-equipped, why are military convoys still being ambushed by this criminals? Why was an army general murdered on video?”
Falz further urged Nigerians to push for an emergency “public hearing to address the strategy to defeat terrorism, rumours of an ill-equipped military and how Nigerians will be kept safe.”
