Uba Sani: Most Of 36 States Back Creation Of State Police To Tackle Insecurity
* Says NEC’ll take definite position on the issue next month
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has disclosed that majority of the 36 states of the federation are in full support of the creation of state police to tackle security challenges facing the country.
Addressing newsmen on Thursday after the monthly meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the State House, Abuja, Sani stated that all the 36 states except the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have submitted their proposals on the creation of state police to the secretariat of NEC.
According to him, most of the states are in full support of the creation of state police based on the level of security issues faced across the states.
He stressed that NEC will, at its next monthly meeting in January, 2024, discuss the issue and take a definite position on it.
His words: “Today, 36 states have already made their submission for establishing state police in Nigeria. And I can say here that from what is available, virtually most of the states are in agreement with the establishment of state police in Nigeria.
“But today, the council decided to step down the discussion until the next council meeting, because we need to come up with a report from the secretariat.
“And after the report, there will be deliberation at the next NEC meeting that is likely taking place in January. And not only that, there’s also a resolution in the last NEC meeting, which today the secretariat has also agreed on that there will be further stakeholders’ engagement after the panel and deliberation by the members of the NEC.”
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