Please remember to amend or abolish local governemt of origin certificate, residence permit is far more better. This is the only way Nigeria can remind united.

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Those that will do the worst with rigging elections will be PDP controlled state. PDP did the worst with rigging under President Obasanjo during the time Prof Maurice Iwu was the chairman of INEC. I don't know if you were old enough to understand those times, but if not, election rigging is always a part of the PDP and NEVER has APC rigged elections. Creation of State police is what you people have been crying for since the days of President Jonathan now that President Tinubu wants to grant you your heart desires, you still want to bring up another useless statement. APC had never rigged elections and will NEVER use the police to do that.

Una just deliberately dey thief Perer Obi's ideas

Gjrich:

https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/17/senate-says-its-ready-amend-nigerian-constitution-okay-state-police

Hopefully it works… Cuz this insecurity is becoming unbearable

teamoneline:


The only way to keep politicians in check is to ensure INEC is independent of political influence. Civil societies that are free from political/partisan influence (ASUU, red cross etc) should be involved in setting up INEC every election year as it is done in proper democratic countries

It's Nigerians themselves that are uniquely corrupt. Not the body INEC. Bring any body and give it any name and same result will happen.

Even the so called ASUU you mentioned, go and see the nonsense that happens during their elections.

And to correct you, its not Red Cross and bodies similar to ASUU that conducts elections in other countries. They are people nominated by the govt, its just that the quality of their people and their default level of integrity is far superior to ours.

Long over due

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

You people will never be satisfied with any step taken to reduce crime. Many of you have been clamouring for State police for a long time and now govt wants to look into it and you're still saying it was targeted at 2027 elections. What do you people want exactly?

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

I don't know what you guys want. Banditry, kidnapping, insecurity, complaints. FG moving ahead with the long awaited state police implementation, complaints.

Wtf is your problem?

badoh:

You people will never be satisfied with any step taken to reduce crime. Many of you have been clamouring for State police for a long time and now govt wants to look into it and you're still saying it was targeted at 2027 elections. What do you people want exactly?

They are f o o l s. They don't want the country to work. Including the gbajue-master. Like they did during the fuel and naira scarcity when Obi supported and claimed it's common with developed country, thinking it will favour him at the polls, they are doing the same now. Their wishes and prayers is that things don't improve so they can continue to gloat and hope it will help them next election.

They desperately want this administration to fail. Including Aisha Hushmummy.

onuman:
Nigeria needs a new constitution and political structure, not only State Police.
The 1999 Constitution was not a contribution by Nigerian people; a few military dictators from one side of Nigeria literally dictated the constitution. Again, the constitution has no referendum that backed it.

This is the right step. Let's test our decentralization and restructuring dreams with this state police. The result will show us the next thing to do. We can't restructure and amend the 1999 constitution at once. There will be chaos.

ecolime:
If signed into law, these present crop of legislature would practically be immortalised. Their names will be written on the sands of time.

It has its downside. Governors will become minigods. For example, someone like Fubara can declare Wike wanted, place a bounty on his head and make him go on exile.

By and large, State Police is the major answer to our insecurity issues. The humongous benefits far exceeds the potential abuse. Issue of killer herdsmen, banditry and kidnapping will be non-existent because indigenes will be the state force and governor will be the true CSOs of their states.

But then, will the Northern caucus whose states depend almost solely on FAAC vote in its favour?

That's the purpose of restructuring. States that abuse their power will wither away.

Gjrich:

https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/17/senate-says-its-ready-amend-nigerian-constitution-okay-state-police

Let's not forget restructuring

"....if the decentralisation of the security system would end insecurity."------President Bola Tinubu.
If? So before embarking on this State Police thing, the president is not sure insecurity can be arrested through State Security.

Be sure: under state police, Islamic Republic of Nigeria flag shall be hoisted over Nigeria.

The Sharia states will hide under State Police to import hardened ISIS Jihadi fighters and train local Islamists for a Jihad against rest of Nigeria. The divided armed forces cannot succeed in fitting them off.
Sani Yerima as gov of Zamfara state introduced sharia criminal laws to Northern Nigeria. It spread like wild fire in all the other 11 states.
Sharia wars broke out. A BBC female Reporter asked Sani Yerima if he didn't believe that his sharia criminal laws he introduced could leas to break up of Nigeria.
Since then, Islamists from the sharia states in high government positions have not hidden their intentions for an Islamic Republic of Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws.

Gjrich:

https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/17/senate-says-its-ready-amend-nigerian-constitution-okay-state-police

Why not implementing CONFAB Report as well?

Governors are very powerless, this is the only way every Governor can fight insecurity in their state.

So instead of every one waiting for Tinubu to come and answer to everyinsecurity.... It's better you let the Governors have their powers to Police their states and the President focus on the bigger Terrorist and economics.

Best move by the President. State Police is urgently needed since the mess of insecurity is becoming unbearable couple with the population of the country and it's complexity.

Kidnappers are going lose sleep over this.

It is just more obstacle for them (if the state police are disciplined and focus & not bribe collecting uneducated idiots).

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Bros, no one that has power and won't insult it. State Policing is needed urgently to cobe the insecurity as a matter of urgency.

The Governors are to powerless and everyone waited for the President. It's wrong, let the Governors have their full force to Police their states.

Governors have only 4years, if they abuse powers, we get them arrested the day they hand over power at once.

People are dying, farmers can not go to farm again, Tinubus decision to create state Police is the answer to Nigerias insecurity ASAP

Paraman:
If not for northern politicians that were always against state police, maybe we could have had one by now

Una go soon get that state police wey una dey find.

Just don't come here to complain during election that the incumbent governor of your state used state police to arrest the candidate you are supporting!

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

it's better to have a mini tyrant than a massive tyrant, as a governor if you like you can kill all your kinsmen so that you and your police can become the only citizens of your state.

faceland:
Kidnappers are going lose sleep over this.

It is just more obstacle for them (if the state police are disciplined and focus & not bribe collecting uneducated idiots).

Why will they not collect bribes are they not typical Nigerians?

What makes you think state police in Nigeria is even a solution?

onuman:
STATE POLICE, ANOTHER PLOY TO STRENGTHEN BOKO HARAM.
The 12 Sharia states of northern Nigeria can hide under state police to import arms and foreign fighters, train local Islamists for a Jihad, to impose Sharia criminal laws upon all Nigeria.
Under Obasanjo government, political and religious leaders of the far north states adopted unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal laws.
Islamic sharia criminal laws include stoning blasphemous person to death, cutting the hands of thieves, stoning women to death for adultery.
Muhammadu Buhari in 2001 in Kaduna declared that he would not stop until Islamic sharia criminal laws are applied in all the states of Nigeria. Immediately after the declaration, he became capable of winning millions and millions of votes in presidential elections in the sharia states.
Without resistance from soldiers from some sections of Nigeria, Boko Haram fighting for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws, would have taken over all Nigeria.

Boko Haram or bandits already infiltrated the military... The current system is not working and there is need for experimentation.

I don't know how a so called "Shari'a police" would come to somewhere like Benue, Imo or Lagos to defeat their own state police. They would have something they are not used to; RESISTANCE.

ecolime:
If signed into law, these present crop of legislature would practically be immortalised. Their names will be written on the sands of time.

It has its downside. Governors will become minigods. For example, someone like Fubara can declare Wike wanted, place a bounty on his head and make him go on exile.

By and large, State Police is the major answer to our insecurity issues. The humongous benefits far exceeds the potential abuse. Issue of killer herdsmen, banditry and kidnapping will be non-existent because indigenes will be the state force and governor will be the true CSOs of their states.

But then, will the Northern caucus whose states depend almost solely on FAAC vote in its favour?

Valid points. But I actually believe regional police would have been better, so they are not directly under one governor to be used at will.

ecolime:
If signed into law, these present crop of legislature would practically be immortalised. Their names will be written on the sands of time.

It has its downside. Governors will become minigods. For example, someone like Fubara can declare Wike wanted, place a bounty on his head and make him go on exile.

By and large, State Police is the major answer to our insecurity issues. The humongous benefits far exceeds the potential abuse. Issue of killer herdsmen, banditry and kidnapping will be non-existent because indigenes will be the state force and governor will be the true CSOs of their states.

But then, will the Northern caucus whose states depend almost solely on FAAC vote in its favour?

it is easier to deal with your village man who happens to be a governor than to do deal with federal government, if governor overdo his people will cook food for him and he can't finish it.

This is a good idea,

Just that, most northern state cannot pay salaries of these state policemen,

The current NPF is being funded by oil money and tax payers money,

A good idea, oil rich states should embrace this and make their states crime free,

pendragonbladgo:

Bros, no one that has power and won't insult it. State Policing is needed urgently to cobe the insecurity as a matter of urgency.

The Governors are to powerless and everyone waited for the President. It's wrong, let the Governors have their full force to Police their states.

Governors have only 4years, if they abuse powers, we get them arrested the day they hand over power at once.

People are dying, farmers can not go to farm again, Tinubus decision to create state Police is the answer to Nigerias insecurity ASAP

Most state governments in Nigeria are struggling to pay staff salaries so I wonder where they will get money to pay staff of the state police?

NapoleonHill:


Don't be a US ass licker, my guy. I'm not even sure you follow the US politics as you'd want us to believe. Which US senator or Congress person goes back to his or her constituency to ask questions? Even the constituents are online lamenting some of the high-handedness of their elected officials.


Let's be honest, US is not the idea example in this regard.

don't mind that guy!

State police first . And then county police next ..

I will apply as a state police officer here in Lagos..

SavageResponse:


Most state governments in Nigeria are struggling to pay staff salaries so I wonder where they will get money to pay staff of the state police?

That is why we are shifting to parliamentary system of government. States will generate and manage their resources

Obakoolex:

Valid points. But I actually believe regional police would have been better, so they are not directly under one governor to be used at will.

For the sake of the Christian minorities in Kaduna and some northern states , I think local govt police is still the koko

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Anakogheri.

All the 36 states in Nigeria are ruled by APC okwaya?