The House of Representatives has introduce a Bill that will make it mandatory for the head of the National Assembly security, to be appointed from the staff members of the Security Department.
The Bill, sponsored by the House spokesman Akintunde Rotimi, seeks to provide for the establishment of a Legislative Security Directorate which will be headed by an officer with an equivalent rank of a Secretary in the service of the National Assembly to be appointed by the National Assembly Service Commission on the recommendation of the Clerk to the National Assembly.
Presently, the Head of the Sergeant-At-Arms is appointed from among retired senior security personnel.
The Bill, titled: “An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of Legislative Security Directorate in the National Assembly; to provide for the qualification and condition of service of the Sergeant-At-Arms and other personnel of the directorate and for related Matters, 2024,” was read for the first time on Thursday.