Northern governors reiterate support for state police

The governors of the 19 states in the North on Saturday reaffirmed their support for the creation of state police and urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take off.

They made the in a communiqué issued at a joint meeting of the Northern States Governors Forum and Northern Traditional Rulers Council at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna and signed by the Chairman of the Forum, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.

However, 14 governors were physically present at the meeting.

Also at the meeting were governors Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), Ahmed Fintiri (Adamawa), Kefas Agbu (Taraba), and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa).

Others are Mai Malam Buni (Yobe), Mohammed Bago (Niger), Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Dikko Radda (Katsina) and, Ahmed Ododo (Kogi).

Bauchi, Borno, Benue, Kano, and Kwara States were represented by their deputy governors.

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The governors resolved to urgently set up inter-state platforms to coordinate surveillance on the borders.

They also resolved to liaise with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to work out modalities of how to increase support to the federal security agencies to strengthen peculiar local initiatives in combating all forms of security challenges in the zone.

The governors acknowledged the importance of non-partisan cooperation, collaboration, and peer review in effectively addressing the numerous developmental challenges confronting the region and the nation at large

They commended President Bola Tinubu for his sustained commitment to addressing the security challenges and infrastructural deficits in the North.

By: Yemi Kanji

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