In this concluding part of the report which was first published yesterday, popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, continues his enumeration of the legal grounds for effective policing of each state of the  federation, while Ahmed Joda, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, Dr Junaid Mohammed and Monday Ubani also had their say on the introduction of state police in Nigeria.

NOT a few Nigerians were taken aback when Zamfara State Governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, announced, last June, that he was dropping his title or position as the Chief Security Officer of the state. And by way of an explanation, he had given as reason for taking this radical, unprecedented decision: lack of control of the state security machinery.

IN one of his numerous hit albums,  Expensive Shit, released in 1975, late Afro-Beat King, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, sang that water had no enemy. In a long melodious and soul-stirring lyrics, Fela justified why water has no enemy. Till the date, and 43 years after, the song has remained evergreen.

No issue commands a greater, broader consensus in Nigeria today than the need for restructuring the Nigerian federation.

Almost the entire Nigerian socio-cultural-political groups (South West /Yoruba Nation; South-South; South-East /Ndigbo; Middle Belt, and the former Northern Region) have either produced or are working to announce their template for restructuring. Even some political parties, led by the All Progressives Congress (APC), have either announced details of their position on restructuring or made “true federalism” the centre piece of their manifestos for a better Nigeria. It is fair to admit however that there is still reasonable disagreement regarding the consistency of the case for restructuring and the nature and content of restructuring.

BUT the belief in many quarters is that the Eastern ports are largely not viable and a liability due largely to their lack of accessibilty by large vessels. For this reason they depend on the revenue generated from the Western ports to still remain in existence.