State Police and the Dangers of Political Ownership.
Reports that 30 State Houses of Assembly have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment establishing state Femi Akintunde-Johnson Nigeria may finally be approaching a major turning point in its policing architecture.
The required threshold is 24 states, and both chambers of the National Assembly have passed the proposal.
the implementing legislation and consequential amendments remain part of the process.
Nigeria is not simply switching on 36 new police commands; it is attempting to redesign a critical national institution. The argument for decentralisation is neither new nor unreasonable. A country of Nigeria’s size, diversity and security challenges places enormous demands on a policing system whose command structure has been overwhelmingly centralised. From kidnapping and banditry to communal violence and localised criminal networks, the circumstances confronting one community may differ substantially from those in another.
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