ivolt:

Choose a side please.
You trust Buhari with federal police and at the same time accusing
the north of being scared.
You are obviously the scared party.

backbencher:
I don't agree with Bubu, but state police has 3 problems for me

1. Funding. Most states don't earn enough money to fund normal stuff, talkless state police

2. And let's be honest, governors will use the state police to deal with their opponents.

3. And let's not talk about what would happen in cases of tribal and religious crisis.


The USA that had state police, during the civil rights era of the 1960s, there were times where the federal government had to intervene because the state police was heavily heavily racist ( in some instances indistinguishable from groups like the KKK)

Modified

1. Expanding further on point 1, our tax to gdp ratio is low. Less than 30% of Nigerians don't pay income tax to state and federal government. So, where are we going to find the money for state police? Is it from oil whose price jumps up and down? No, loans. Just loans.

2.We had regional police in 1966. You people know what happened that year.

backbencher:


Well, I meant I don't agree with him most of the time, but on state police, he is making a lot of sense....

Yesh, I consider all past and present Nigerian leaders as being awful, but when they say or do the right thing, I agree with them

Bobxin:


From your submission, you agree with the PRESIDENT na

CSTRR:

This is the same buhari that refused to sign the electoral bill.

He is not saying this because he likes Nigeria.

He is against anything that will threaten the undue advantage his region holds.

Without such advantages, a clown like him would never have emerged as president.

backbencher:


Well, whether he likes Nigeria or not, state police isn't good for us, or indeed for the African continent.

Unless you want to pay the income taxes needed to fund them, and you can also eliminate tribalism and the autocracy in the state governorship level.

Damidave1124:
I'm tempted to bash Buhari, but haven gone through the write up, I must say he raised some salient points.

The governors, if given the opportunity will abuse it, they'll use it to which hunt their opponents till the subdue them.

Again, the north is scared of state police, because they'll lose their grip on Nigeria at large. Each state controlling the police will not favour the born to rule people

backbencher:


Only on this matter.

Bobxin:

This is the first time, I can't help but to agree with the President. Honestly, this is Nigeria not the U.S

CSTRR:

How is state police not good for us?

If you can't elect decent governors, that is your cross to bear.

State policing is the way forward

The money that FG earmarks to fund the police every year should be transferred to the states as well as their usual security votes.

Bobxin:

This is the first time, I can't help but to agree with the President. Honestly, this is Nigeria not the U.S

backbencher:


Not only Nigeria, all African countries don't have state or provincial police.

Because most of them are tribal and religious contraptions like Nigeria, and state police would only make a bad situation worse.

Damidave1124:
I'm tempted to bash Buhari, but haven gone through the write up, I must say he raised some salient points.

The governors, if given the opportunity will abuse it, they'll use it to which hunt their opponents till the subdue them.

Again, the north is scared of state police, because they'll lose their grip on Nigeria at large. Each state controlling the police will not favour the born to rule people

backbencher:
I don't agree with Bubu, but state police has 3 problems for me

1. Funding. Most states don't earn enough money to fund normal stuff, talkless state police

2. And let's be honest, governors will use the state police to deal with their opponents.

3. And let's not talk about what would happen in cases of tribal and religious crisis.


The USA that had state police, during the civil rights era of the 1960s, there were times where the federal government had to intervene because the state police was heavily heavily racist ( in some instances indistinguishable from groups like the KKK)

Modified

1. Expanding further on point 1, our tax to gdp ratio is low. Less than 30% of Nigerians don't pay income tax to state and federal government. So, where are we going to find the money for state police? Is it from oil whose price jumps up and down? No, loans. Just loans.

2.We had regional police in 1966. You people know what happened that year.

dlox147:
Direct primaries would have whittled down the influence of governors on the Local government, Buhari said NO!

Now it is state police. Since we have identified the possible problems, the only thing left is to come up with ways to prevent such problems.
We can have the federal police Supervise the state police.

MT:


Nigerians always rush to cite example of US when it is convenient but refuse to act like the Americans as citizens. It is obvious Governors are more evil than the President. They have technically killed the Local Govt despite all interventions from different quarters, sitting on their monies and milking the LG dry.

What has Governors done with the Monthly state security allocation, squander it. Having state police will create 36 different monsters in all the states. I align with the President, I am totally against it.

drlateef:
I don’t support that thinking. There’s no leader in Nigeria who is not open to abuse of power. Buhari can speak for himself but we have had past heads of state and presidents who used the police to rig elections and caused mayhem from the federal level. Therefore, the same disease he accused the governors of having can also be affecting the president, depending on the corruption in their conscience. The solution is not to disallow state police. The solution is to create hierarchy and command structure from local to national level of policing in Nigeria. The federal police should have ultimate power to overturn arrest and prosecution. And even that should also be under the control of the National Assembly or independent police commission that can sanction police activities at federal level.

PrudencyFeats:


Is the federal not using security agencies to hunt and subdue their opponents?

bakynes:

State Police is the only solution to safe guard lives and properties in Nigeria. Its advantages far out weighs its disadvantages. The state police can always have a service commission that gives check and balances to the excesses of state Governors.

bakynes:

State Police is the only solution to safe guard lives and properties in Nigeria. Its advantages far out weighs its disadvantages. The state police can always have a service commission that gives check and balances to the excesses of state Governors.

Emma15678:

You lack knowledge on the composition of the NPF.

Damidave1124:

Sadly, the federal is guilty of this act too

sangresan:
That's why I'm happy with what the bandits are doing in the North. They'll soon realize their folly that true federalism is the best for a multi-cultural society.