Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State on Thursday said the 36 states of the federation had endorsed the creation of state police, following the submission of their reports to the National Economic Council.
Governor Sani made this known at the end of the 147th NEC meeting chaired by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, in Abuja.
Sani, who spoke with State House Correspondents, stated that many states were in agreement with 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, and a deficit in terms of the number of security officials.
He added the police, the army and other relevant security agencies had no personnel to cover all the states and the country as a whole.
Sani said: “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.
“So, 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.”
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Sani, however, said the council decided to step down the discussion on the state police until the next NEC meeting in January 2025.
He added: “The council decided to step down the discussion until the next council meeting because we need to come up with a report from the secretariat.
“There will be further stakeholder engagement after the panel and deliberation by the members of the NEC.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NEC had during its 146th meeting held on November 21, 2024 mandated Kwara, Adamawa and Kebbi States and the Federal Capital Territory to submit their positions on state police within one week.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State had explained that 33 states had submitted their positions, except Adamawa, Kebbi and Kwara States.
The council had mandated the remaining states and the FCT to make their submissions within one week in order to present a consolidated state position on the state police at Thursday’s NEC meeting.
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