Yesterday, the Federal Government said that states are slowing down the take-off of state police.
Frowning at the snail-like speed by the National Economic Council’s (NEC) Ad-hoc Committee on State Policing Initiative, Vice President Kashim Shettima observed that responses by some governors were not impressive.
Although President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and 36 governors resolved to set in motion the machinery for the state policing model a month ago, only 16 states have shown a positive response.
Yesterday, during the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, the Vice President, who chairs that organ of government, urged the remaining 20 governors to submit their proposals during next month’s NEC meeting.
The President and governors opted for state police following the increasing wave of insecurity – banditry, kidnappings, killings, and other forms of violence – across the country.
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, reiterated the governor’s commitment to the proposed policing agenda.
He said they believed state policing was capable of correcting existing fundamental flaws in the security framework.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, who made a presentation on the progress being made on the initiative, said the responses from the states fell below expectations.
