The House of Representatives has resolved to invite heads of the Nigerian Customs Service and the Directorate of State Security, DSS, to brief the lawmakers on plans to address the menace of small arms and light weapons.
The resolution, which was made yesterday at the Lower Chambers of the National Assembly, was in a bid to curb the influx of small arms and light weapons into the country.
It is coming at a time when the Customs seized 2,671 pump-action rifles smuggled into the country between January and September this year.
One of the members of the House from Anambra State, Honourable Obinna Chidoka, who sponsored the motion, said urgent steps must be taken by the Federal Government to curb the trend.
The House further urged the Customs and the DSS, as well as the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, to speed up investigation into the shipment of arms and commence prosecution of the culprits involved.
This is just as a bill seeking to provide for the destruction of illegally imported firearms passed a second reading at the Upper House.
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