 Still in the National Assembly, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan says that the nation's security chiefs and heads of security agencies would appear before the upper chamber on Thursday to brief it on efforts to address the spate of insecurity in the country. Lawan made the disclosure during the commencement of Tuesday's plenary proceedings, stating that the appearance by the service chiefs is in response to a resolution by the Senate last week Tuesday, wherein it was resolved that the service chiefs and other heads of security agencies be invited against the backdrop of heightening insecurity across the country. Lawan explained that the service chiefs were unable to respond promptly to the invitation by appearing today due to an ongoing security meeting at the presidential villa, which was scheduled to end on Wednesday this week. So to be on the side of caution, we have now fixed the date for a briefing to be Thursday the 6th of this month. I want to appeal to all of us that the briefing we will take from the service chiefs and other security agencies will be very crucial for us to be properly informed, properly guided, and that if there is any request for supplementary budget, we should be able to understand why we should consider and approve such requests. On Thursday, the only item on the order paper will be the briefing. We make that as a special day for the engagement, the interaction between the Senate and the service chiefs.