NGF SAYS 20 Governors’ Decisions Ready For NEC Meeting.

Nigerian Governors Forum says the decisions of the remaining 20 state governors on the proposed establishment of state police are expected to be submitted within the next four weeks.

Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, who disclosed this sixteen state governors had earlier thrown their weight behind the establishment of state police as a panacea for the insecurity ravaging the different parts of the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Communication, Stanley Nwkocha, had earlier disclosed in a statement that said, the discussions were held at a meeting of the National Economic Council and that 16 out of the 36 states had already submitted their reports on the state policing initiative, and NEC received the reports from the 16 governors at its 140th meeting held at the Aso Rock Villa on March 21, 2024.

Nwkocha said there was an expectation that the remaining 20 governors, whose identities were not disclosed, would also submit their reports, stressing that all the states across the country expressed their support for the establishment of state police.

Meanwhile, the 2014 National Political Reform Conference had recommended devolving policing by allowing states to create their police and enabling community policing.