As the clamour for state police grows stronger, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has faulted 16 governors’ submission of a report on the matter to the National Economic Council (NEC).
Barely a day after the announcement, Governor Makinde who appeared as a guest on a Televised program, described the governors’ actions as a waste of time. “I did not submit any memorandum on state police but my position is very clear about state police. I see it, quite frankly, as a waste of our time,” he said on Friday.
“I did not submit not because of arrogance but because I don’t think the approach will quickly get us to where we want to go. You are asking the states to submit memoranda on how state police will work.” Makinde said the issue of the state police can best be handled by the National Assembly and not the National Economic Council or the National Security Adviser.
He argued that the issue must pass through the parliament since it is a constitutional matter before being replicated at the state houses of assembly. “The National Assembly, they know what to do. They have people that can quickly do this work. It is not the National Security Adviser or the National Economic Council that will deal with the issue of state police.
