June 12: Federal police structure problematic, says Akeredolu - Punch Newspapers

Akeredolu, however, noted that the challenges were surmountable provided that everyone in the country was sincere in tackling and finding a lasting solution to the problem.

He stated this at the commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12 Presidential Election won by the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. The event was held at the International Centre for Culture and Events on Saturday. According to him, the size and diversity of the country make it inappropriate to have too much power centred at the Federal Government.

He said, “It is incongruous to have just a police command in a federal state such as Nigeria. The sheer size of the population, coupled with our diversity, makes this arrangement problematic. Every federating unit should have its own police for effective security. “Local government administration is the closest to the people and it is, ironically, the most withdrawn from the people it is created to serve. The Federal Government should have no control, whatsoever, over how a local government is run in a state of the federation. Local government cannot be autonomous, absolutely, within a state. Let every state determine the number of local governments it wishes to have for effective administration.

The police will perform excellently if they are independent. Imagine state police in kaduna during the NLC warning strike and rally, all the comrades would have been in another planet by now.

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