Information Minister Labaran Maku said on Tuesday that Nigeria was not ripe for state police.
Some governors have continued to clamour for state police, using the
argument that the step would empower them, as chief executives of their
states, to effectively secure their domains.
But Maku, who led the national good governance tour team, currently
in Plateau, to a visit to the Police Staff College, in the outskirts of
Jos, said that the nation lacked adequate facilities to handle that.
He said that the nation’s police force was doing well in spite of the
enormous challenges, stressing that advocates of state police had never
looked at the area of training.
“Training is very key to success, unfortunately those asking for state police have not looked at that area.’’
The minister rejected incessant allegations of corruption slapped on
the police by members of the public, and declared that there was no
human institution that may not host some bad eggs from within it.
In his remarks, Mr Bala Hassan, the Commandant of the college, said
that 53 intervention projects were being carried out in the institution.
He expressed optimism that the projects would address the challenges of the 36-year old college.
Hassan listed some of the projects to include a clinic, three blocks of hostels, 900 offices and lecture halls. (NAN)
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