For the second time in weeks, the National Economic Council (NEC) has avoided deliberations on the establishment of state police despite worsening insecurity across the country.
At its 152nd meeting held on Thursday in Abuja, the council failed to table the matter, which had earlier been scheduled for discussion at the previous sitting but was stepped down.
A source at the meeting disclosed that the issue “was not even contained in the agenda” this time around, dashing expectations that it would feature prominently.
President Bola Tinubu has in recent weeks restated his commitment to the creation of state police, describing it as “inevitable” in the face of mounting security challenges.
Receiving a delegation from Katsina State led by Governor Dikko Radda at the Presidential Villa, Tinubu said the Federal Government was reviewing security operations nationwide and exploring decentralisation to strengthen policing.“
The security challenges we are facing are surmountable. We inherited weaknesses that should have been addressed earlier, but we are confronting them.
I have to create state police. We are looking at it holistically.“We will defeat insecurity. We must protect our children, our people, our livelihood, our places of worship, and our recreational spaces. They can’t intimidate us,” the President said.
