 The Senate also raised the urgent need for security agencies to investigate what led to the Tupper Bank robbery on Friday, October 20. The robbery incident claimed the lives of nearly eight persons, including four police personnel. It called for the explanation behind the lack of intelligence and alertness on the part of the police on the day of the attack. The Nigerian Senate has asked the President Bola Tinobu led federal government to construct a dust-in-house dam with a view of finding a permanent solution to the perennial flooding crisis in the country by making budgetary provisions beginning with the 2024 federal budget. To avoid impending disasters that come along with such a flood crisis, the lawmakers also called on the federal government through the inland waterways authority to dredge the River Benway, River Niger and other river tributaries all the way to Lakdodam in cooperation with the Republic of Cameroon. The Senate's resolution was in response to a motion presented during plenary titled Urgent Need to address the recurring issue of flood-induced damages caused by the willful release of water from the Lakdodam in Cameroon with which was sponsored by Senator Beno's Ya Rui and 16 others. Contributing to the debate, all lawmakers emphasized that the dredging of the River Benway would bring a permanent solution to the problem.