Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has called for the establishment of what he described as federally-coordinated community policing nationwide to tackle insecurity.
Shekarau, who spoke during a televised monitored interview, on Thursday, lauded Tinubu’s recent directives, emphasizing the importance of community policing being community-owned, noting that the government would only be coordinating.
The former Kano State governor urged the Federal Government to bolster the number of Nigeria Police personnel through ongoing recruitment drives totaling sixty thousands.
“So what we need, let there be a proper plan of about 60,000 recruitment drive nonstop and continuous training. The problem has been that recruitment has not been steady. And there is no way with 350,000 policemen you can police the whole of Nigerian territory, is not practicable, it can’t work. The number is inadequate, the equipment is inadequate. The funding is inadequate, the training is inadequate, and the welfare is inadequate. All of these have to be put together to the table to address this insecurity.” He said.
On Thursday, the Federal Government said it was contemplating the establishment of state police. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, explained that the process is still in its infancy and would only take shape after more deliberations between stakeholders.
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