A former Minister of Works and Housing, Adeseye Ogunlewe says the federal government can no longer cope with the demands of Nigerian governors on the insecurity challenges in their States.
Speaking in an interview with TheScrutinyNG, Ogunlewe said state police is the the panacea to the insecurity crises across the country.
“The solution to the insecurity crisis is state police. Let every state be able to take responsibility for their security. The federal government should just do regulation”.
“The federal government is too big to think of giving everybody security in each state. No! Most of these monies, give it to the state to make sure they are able to secure their territories. They know their terrain, they know the people who are doing it; they know the evil people who are in the community; they know where they’re mining; they know them”.
“The federal government doesn’t know these evil people. If that is done, the state governor will not complain again to say, ‘Ah, there is insecurity in my state’. The president will be able to say, ‘ I’ve given you money, secure your state!’.
“Everybody will be up and doing, and nobody will be shouting and running to the federal government. The federal government can no longer cope with the pressure from the states, especially on matters of insecurity. Let each state take responsibility for most of these things”.
