30 States Endorse Constitutional Amendment for State Police, Says Akpabio.
Akpabio, who spoke when members of the Arewa Revival Project, a northern youth organisation with membership across the 19 northern states, visited him at his office in Abuja, said the proposed reform would improve the country’s capacity to tackle insecurity by bringing policing closer to communities.
He expressed confidence that the constitutional process was nearing completion, adding that the establishment of state police would complement existing security structures and enhance efforts to address the country’s security challenges.
The Senate President, however, urged the youths to intensify grassroots mobilisation for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, arguing that continuity in government would allow the administration’s economic reforms and security policies to produce the desired results.
Akpabio also called on Nigerian youths to rise above what he described as paid social media propaganda against the administration, insisting that the president had taken significant steps to diversify the economy, reform the tax system and address longstanding structural problems. “As I speak with you now, for the first time in the history of Nigeria, it may not take us a month before we have a state police system, a decentralised policing in the country, because about 30 states have endorsed the amendment to the Nigerian Constitution to bring about state police system, which will further increase the security of the nation,” he said. The Senate President expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome its security challenges, urging the youths to remain confident in the country’s future while supporting efforts to restore peace and stability. “I always tell them that the devil that you see today, you will soon see them no more.
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