Kaduna State governor, Nasir
El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said the issue of state policing should be looked
at again, noting that it would provide a new opportunity to strengthen security
in the country.
According to him, nine governors
were already in support of the creation of state police.
El-Rufai made the remarks on
Wednesday in Kaduna when members of Senior Executive Course 40 of the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies visited him.
According to him, managing
security requires exploring the root cause and taking effective measures to
tackle the challenges.
The governor identified the menace
of street gangs, kidnapping, armed robbery as some of the security challenges
in the state.
“We have been working with police
to curtail that, and also prosecuting offenders with stiffer penalties,” he
said.
According to him, the indigene-
settler phenomenon has contributed immensely to creating deep division among
the people of Nigeria.
“Until we retrace ourselves and
move away from that and look at the citizen from what he or she can contribute;
we are sad with the way people are now, as the more educated they are the more
ignorant they become.”
“There are nine governors who
strongly believe in state police, the current number of policemen in the
country is grossly inadequate, there is need to double the number of police
personnel.”
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