A member of the United States Congress, Riley Moore, has called for the decentralization of Nigeria’s policing system, saying state governments must be empowered to tackle the country’s worsening security challenges. The US lawmaker expressed concern over the continued violence affecting communities in Nigeria and stressed the need for structural reforms in the country’s policing…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has declared strong support for the establishment of state police, saying decentralized policing is urgently needed to confront Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. He stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, which was monitored by our correspondent. Adams said he “totally agrees” with the position…
The Plateau State government has once again renewed its call for the establishment of a state policing structure to address peculiar security challenges in the state. The fresh call, made by the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rt. Hon Joyce Ramnap, Jos, re-echoed Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s continued demand for state police as a viable…
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has called for bold economic reforms and the establishment of State Police to address the country’s growing security and socioeconomic challenges and concerns. The Conference Chairman, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin, made the call at the inaugural National Policy Dialogue on the Legislative Agenda of the House of…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday opposed the establishment of state police to tackle the lingering security crisis in the country. Newsmen recalls that President Bola Tinubu and the state governors had on February 16 agreed to establish state police in the country as part of measures to check the rising…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said the National Assembly’s approach on the issue of state police is taking governors nowhere. Makinde stated this during an interview on a televised program monitored by newsmen. He said the issue had nothing to do with the National Security Adviser or National Economic Council, but required a…