NEC to consider State Police amid rising insecurity

KUNLE SANNI

The National Economic Council (NEC) has agreed to consider the establishment of state police in response to increasing insecurity across the country.

This was disclosed by Bayo Lawal, the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, following the NEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday.

The meeting, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, requested that all state governments submit their proposals regarding the creation of state police to the NEC for further deliberation.

Lawal noted that four states, which he did not disclose, have yet to submit their input.

He stated that NEC has mandated the four states to provide their submissions by next Monday, September 9, warning that failure to do so would result in all agreements being binding on them regardless of their input.

Lawal said, “Today all the states were supposed to submit for consideration of the NEC. Incidentally , 4 states couldn’t submit, and for that purpose, NEC decided that those states must make their submissions on or before Monday next week, otherwise, whatever decision next date on the establishment of State Police will be binding on those states that refuse to submit, to make submissions. So that is the resolution as of today’s NEC meeting”.