State Police Necessary In Addressing Nigeria’s Security Challenges – FG
Naija News • 3d ago
The Federal Government has stated that decentralising policing in Nigeria is necessary to tackle the country’s evolving security challenges.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made this remark on Thursday while receiving the Chairman of the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), Major General Chris Olukolade (Rtd), during a courtesy visit. He noted that President Bola Tinubu is determined to implement the reform once the necessary legal framework is secured.
“It is the desire of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that we have state police as soon as it is practicable in this country. The time has indeed come for that,” the Minister stated.
Alhaji Idris, in a statement by his Special Assistant (Media), Rabiu Ibrahim, added that the President has a...