“In that 39-member body, 36 of them are chief executives of states. It’s a council where the members should discuss the number of police personnel should be in every state, how the police should be funded, and how the police should be managed and administered. But what has happened?”
Browsing: state police
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu who briefed State House Correspondents virtually after the meeting said out of the 36 states, 20 state governors and the FCT were yet to make their submissions.
A Bill for an act to establish State Police and other Related Matters thereto, has passed a second reading in the House of Representatives.
In the face of the raging insecurity in Nigeria, the federal government in collaboration with state governments (Nigerian governors) are considering the creation of state police. This was part of deliberations between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed full support for the creation of State Police, saying it will address the current security challenges confronting the country.
Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), says state police can only operate in Nigeria, under the supervision of…
A bill to alter the constitution to allow for the creation of state police and other state government security services…
Borno and Yobe states have both rejected calls for the creation of additional states, local councils and state police in…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, PDP-GF, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to devolve powers to states as one of…
The Town Hall Meeting on National Security organised by the Federal government has recommended that state police should be supported…