The National Economic Council has given a deadline of Monday, September 9, to four states yet to submit their reports on the establishment of State police.
The NEC also resolved to adopt comprehensive reports from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory on the same day and warned that any state that fails to submit its report before the deadline will be bound by any decision taken.
Acting Governor of Oyo State, Abdulraheen Lawal, briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima. He explained that the 36 states were supposed to submit their reports for consideration at the meeting.
Lawal said, “An update on the establishment of State police was considered, and this was as a result of the security challenges that we have across the nation, in Northeast, Northcentral, southwest, Southeast, and Southsouth, so that we would have a robust security in our nation.”
He continued, “For that purpose, sometimes last year, NEC considered the establishment of state police and asked states to make submissions of considerations. Today (Wednesday), all the states were supposed to submit for consideration of NEC. Incidentally, four states couldn’t submit, and for that purpose, NEC decided that those states must make their submissions on or before Monday next week, otherwise, whatever decision next date on the establishment of State Police will be binding on those states that refused to submit them to make submissions.”
Lawal refused to mention the names of the four states, but a source privy to the meeting named them as Adamawa, Kwara, Sokoto, Kebbi, and the FCT. However, one of the states claimed to have already made its submission.
In a related development, the Federal Government has released N3 billion to states affected by the recent flood.
