Former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar says President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy Yemi Osinbajo have
lopsided views on restructuring.
“The president and his
vice-president have asymmetrical views on restructuring. Thus, explains the
lack of forthrightness on the matter by this government. This is a failed
promise that I intend on redeeming,” Abubakar tweeted.
The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) presidential aspirant and the vice-president are locked in an exchange on
the issue of restructuring.
Osinbajo on Tuesday said he was
in support of the creation of state police.
“I have argued in favour of state
police, for the simple reason that policing is a local function. You simply
cannot effectively police Nigeria from Abuja,” the vice-president said in
response to Abubakar.
But President Muhammadu Buhari
holds a contrary view on the issue of state police.
In May, Buhari said many states
could not pay salaries of workers and it would not be “proper” to train and arm
people without paying them.
“We must carefully look at the
position of the nation’s constitution on the issue of state police before we
take final decision on the matter if the constitution allows state police, so
be it,” he had said.
“But don’t forget that many times
the federal government gave out what we referred to as bail out to state
governments for payment of workers’ salaries. How many states can pay salary
promptly? And you want to add more financial burden to the states?
“It is not proper to employ a
person, train him on how to handle weapons and then refuse to pay him – you can
imagine what would happen in such situation. We will put in place more measures
to check insecurity in the country including increasing the number of policemen
and train them.”
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