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Insecurity: 16 Govs Endorse State Police – NEC

This was contained in NEC report at its 140th meeting held virtually and chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima.

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu who briefed State House Correspondents virtually after the meeting, said out of the thirty six states, twenty state governors and the FCT were yet to make their submissions.

However, he did not mention the states.

The governors who submitted their memos also called for the review of the Nigerian Constitution.

There has been clamour for state police as Nigeria grapples with worsening security challenges such as kidnapping and banditry.

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had in February, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation, lamenting that Nigeria is almost on the road to Venezuela.

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