STATE POLICING, BEST SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S SECURITY CHALLENGES – ONITIRI
A socio-political activist and critic, Adesunbo Onitiri, yesterday, said that the Federal Government should allow state police to work alongside the Nigeria Police Force in order to solve the nation’s security problems.
Onitiri who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Lagos, applauded the call by the Lagos State House of Assembly for the establishment of state police. House of Assembly for the establishment of state police.
In a resolution passed by the State Assembly on Tuesday, the lawmakers called on the Federal Government for the amendment of the Constitution to allow each state of the Federation to have its police force.
According to Onitiri, the call was timely and in tandem with the realities of the country’s security situation, since protecting citizens lives and property is the main responsibility of the government.
He emphasised that the 9th National Assembly shirked its responsibility when it neglected the various calls by concerned Nigerians that each state should have its police to tackle security challenges in its geographical area.
He also emphasised that the state police needed to be established immediately if Nigerians were to live in peace, progress, and harmony and draw in foreign investment.
He said the era of playing politics, tribalism, nepotism or religious sentiments with the lives and property of innocent Nigerians is gone for good.
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