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Insecurity: FG, States Mull Creation Of State Police

With the spate of insecurity ravaging the country, the Federal Government alongside the governments of the 36 states are considering the creation of state police.

This was disclosed on Thursday, after an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa.

The meeting was due to the recent hike in food prices, economic hardship, and pockets of insecurity recorded nationwide.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, explained that the process is still in its infancy and would only take shape after more deliberations between stakeholders.

He said, “There is also a discussion around the issue of state police. The federal government and the state governments are mulling the possibility of setting up state police.

“Of course, this is still going to be further discussed. A lot of work has to be done in that direction. But if our government and the state governments agree to the necessity of having state police, this is a significant shift.

“Like I said, more work needs to be done in that direction. A lot of meetings will have to happen between the Federal Government and dissolved nationals to see the modalities of achieving this.”

The minister also revealed that the government will recruit a yet-to-be-disclosed number of personnel to “improve the numeric strength of forest rangers. To train them so that they can keep our forests and our borders very safe.”

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