Ministry Of Defence Budget: Ibrahim Admonishes World Parliament

The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial Dis­trict since 2023, Jimoh Ibra­him, has called on global parliamentarians to adopt collaborative and supportive approaches regarding the Ministry of Defiance’s an­nual budget allocation. Senator Ibrahim, made the call during the 150th in­ter-parliamentary meeting in Uzbekistan. Ibrahim stressed that in­security is likely to escalate in the 21st century.

He emphasised the need for a supportive rather than an investigative approach, asserting that human life is priceless. “The central question for governments and security agencies should be: security for whom, when, and how? Addressing power and inse­curity issues alongside their ecosystems is key to the secu­rity of the geocentric system. The government’s failure to address poverty effectively will further exacerbate inse­curity”, he said.



Senator Ibrahim, noted that the government’s ap­proach to security is marked by a constant flip between fear and courage: fear that the system is failing. Life is increasingly tricky amid this struggle, yet we still maintain a defence struc­ture. “It is only a matter of time before one of these emotions-fear or courage- prevails.

“I saw fear within government leadership, leading to unprec­edented crises and height­ened insecurity,” he said. The Senator responded to inquiries from the inter­national media in Uzbeki­stan and emphasised that parliament needs to adopt a more supportive and friend­ly stance rather than merely fulfilling its traditional over­sight duties regarding the Ministry of Defence appro­priations. The Nigerian Senator ob­served “a noticeable shift in the relationship between the goals of poverty reduction and governmental efficiency, is the area where domestic in­security arises”.

Senator Ibrahim, who holds a doctorate in Mod­ern Warfare, remarked that when Parliament functions as an oversight entity exam­ining security expenditures, it might inadvertently foster insecurity. He stressed that efficient system and process creation and management could as­sist in fighting fraud related to security spending, a key concern for Parliament..