The National Economic Council (NEC), on Wednesday gave Monday September 9 deadline to four states yet to submit report from their states on establishment of state police.
The NEC also resolved to adopt the comprehensive reports from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday and warned that any of the four states that refused to submit its report before the deadline, any decision taken would be binding on such State.
This is as the Federal Government has released N3 billion to states affected by the ravaging flood in the country.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the acting governor of Oyo State, Abdulraheen Lawal, said that the 36 states of the federation were supposed to submit their reports for consideration at the meeting.
He said an update on the establishment of State police was considered as a result of the security challenges across the nation in especially in the Northeast, Northcentral, southwest, Southeast and south-south.
He explained that the essence of that was to ensure that the country has a robust security, adding that it was for that purpose that the NEC sometimes last year, considered the establishment of state police and asked states to make submissions of considerations
He 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 North-East, North-Central, South-West, South-East and South-South so that we would have a robust security in our nation.
“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 reused to submit them to make submissions.
“So that is the resolution as of today’s NEC meeting.”
Although, he refused to mention the name of the four states yet to submit their reports, a source privy to the meeting named the states as Adamawa, Kwara, Sokoto, Kebbi States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The source, however said that one of the four states claimed that it has already made its own submission.
