Unending debate about State Police in Nigeria
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI AS we ‘labour’ under the illusion of nation building, it is painfully obvious that closely allied to poverty are victims of the high rate of unemployment which has markedly distorted development indicators in the country. Worse than the above reality is the new awareness that the defective nature of the nation’s 1999 […]
Withdraw orderlies of Senators, Reps — Ndume tells IG
“One Senator will be going around with 10 policemen, seven, members of House of Reps, everybody. That is for those who are mobile. Some even give security to their wives, others give security to their children. I am against that.”
State police proposal shows Nigerians not interested in the country again, IPOB tackles FG
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that the unanimous demand for state police by the governors is evidence that Nigerians are not interested in the country again.
Lagos to deploy 10,000 officials of Neighborhood Watch for state police — Sanwo-Olu
“I am an advocate for it. I believe we needed it like yesterday. And the interesting thing is that we have the Neighborhood Watch and it is still functional, about 6,000 of them. The good news is that I have given approval for us to recruit additional 4,000 of them. And this is job for our youths, our able-bodied men.”
Insecurity: Nigeria needs regional police, not state police, by Olu Fasan
RECENTLY, faced with escalating violence across Nigeria, the president, Bola Tinubu, reportedly agreed with state governors to establish state police. The news excited those calling for state police in Nigeria. But the agitation for state police is misguided; it is based on shallow reasoning, not on a rational, hard-nosed analysis of the potential consequences. To […]
Reps pass state police bill for second reading
“It is the job of the police to maintain law and order. We have a population of over 200m people but we have a police strength that is less than 400,000. State Police should be created to address the internal security challenges of Nigeria.”
