A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Masari, on Friday said the high level of insecurity in the country had shown that the Federal Government had failed in its constitutional responsibility to provide security for lives and property in the country.

Masari, who spoke to journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State after a training workshop on constitutional powers of the legislature organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies, said there was no excuse for the current situation in the country.

“It is very sad that people are losing lives and properties, which should not be the case. Failure of security is a failure of leadership because it is part of the responsibilities of leaders to provide security for lives and properties.

“If you fail to do that, you have failed. The government is liable if there is failure of security and we are also responsible if there is failure of security,” Masari said.

Earlier, the speaker of the houses of assembly in Osun and Kwara states, Mr. Najeem Salam and Mr. Rasaq Atunwa, respectively deplored executive meddlesomeness in the affairs of the legislature.