The 36 states of the federation have endorsed the creation of state police after the submission of their reports to the National Economic Council (NEC).
The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani disclosed this on Thursday while briefing the State House correspondents at the end of 147th NEC meeting chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima in Abuja.
Governor Sani maintained that many states were in agreement with the plans to establish state police in view of the fact that virtually every state had security challenges.
According to him, there are a lot of ungoverned territories in Nigeria which police, the army and other relevant security agencies had no personnel to cover all at the same time.
“That is the reason why most of us agreed that establishment of state police in Nigeria is the way forward to address the problem of insecurity in the country.
“, Today! one of the topics of discussion at the NEC meeting is the update on the creation of the State Police.
“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,” said the governor.
However, the Kaduna State Governor assured of further stakeholders engagement after the panel and deliberation by the members of the NEC,” Uba said.
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