Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party have called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari to
begin the process that will lead to the creation of state police.
The governors who held a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital on Monday were led by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who is
the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.
The meeting was to deliberate on the worsening security situation
and collapsing economy in the country.
Their position was contained in a communique issued after
the meeting held at the International Institute For Tropical Agriculture.
The PDP governors also supported agitation for restructuring
of the country and backed the ban on open grazing by Southern governors.
The communique read, “The meeting called on Mr. President as
the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed
Forces to immediately send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly to amend
the Nigerian Constitution to devolve more powers to the states with respect to
security arrangements culminating in some form of state policing and the
general security architecture.
“In the interim, Mr. President should summon an immediate
meeting of the Nigerian Police Council, which comprises Mr. President and all
state governors and other critical stakeholders to evolve and implement
strategies to combat the present threats to our union, especially with respect
to policing.
“The meeting agreed that the police force still remains the
appropriate institution to secure our democracy and should not be subjected to
personal attacks. The welfare, training, equipment, funding of all security
agencies should be given priority.
“The meeting supports the earlier position taken by the Nigeria
Governors Forum, Northern Governors Forum and recently by the Southern
Governors Forum to adopt ranching as the most viable solution to the
herders/farmers clashes in Nigeria; the restructuring of the Nigerian
federation to devolve more powers and functions to the States, and reform of
various civil institutions to achieve efficiency and equity for all sections of
Nigeria.
“The meeting enjoins all Nigerians to work together to
achieve peace and harmony with one another, devoid of discrimination based on
ethnicity, religion, and other cleavages.
“To this end, the meeting called on the incompetent and
rudderless APC Government to take bold and deliberate steps to de-escalate and
lower tensions in our country, and concentrate on projects and policies that
will enhance and promote national unity and cohesion.”
The governors also re-iterated their earlier call on the
National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Electoral Act that
would ensure a free and fair election, including provisions for electronic
accreditation and electronic transmission of votes.”
Those in attendance were Aminu Waziri Tambuwal ( Sokoto
State), Udom Emmanuel ( Akwa Ibom State), Douye Diri (Bayelsa State), Samuel
Ortom (Benue State), and Ifeanyi Okowa Delta State.
Others were Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State), Nyesom Wike
(Rivers State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa State), and
Godwin Obaseki (Edo State).
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