Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the growing spate of
insecurity in Nigeria would be curtailed by State Police, not community
policing.
Obasanjo made the suggestion when the leadership of the
National Association of Ex-local Government Chairmen in Nigeria visited him in
Abeokuta.
A statement by spokesman Kehinde Akinyemi said pioneer
National Chairman, Hon. Albert Asipa led the delegation.
Obasanjo commended the formation of the body, noting that some local chairmen in the country were better than some top elected leaders.
Responding to one of the speakers, Chinwe Monu-Olarewaju,
who spoke on the creation of community police, the ex-Head of State said the
idea should be upgraded.
“Our situation in Nigeria concerns everyone, particularly
the case of terrorism. It has gotten over the issue of community police.
“It is now State Police. It is from that State Police that
we can now be talking about community police,” he said.
Obasanjo advocated the strengthening of the traditional
system and local government administration which he prepared during the
Murtala/Obasanjo administration.
“I believe there is a need to enable that tier of government
to work truly like a local government. They have their own Executive, Judiciary
and Legislature.
“They were working and were very visible. Building and
managing roads, looking into education, health, local administration,
agriculture. But they were all gone,” he lamented.
Obasanjo added that the experience of the ex-chairmen in
local government administration was enough to aspire for higher posts.
Obasanjo, who was presented with a letter of a Life Patron,
assured that he would look into their request and always be available on
request.
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