Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the establishment of state police to address security challenges, saying that building a multi-ethnic nation like Nigeria may appear messy and costly.
He indicated this while speaking at a conference on national development organised by the Global Patriot newspaper in collaboration with the Nigerian Consulate in New York and Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation, (NIDO), New Jersey chapter, on Saturday.
The vice-president added that nation-building is “a challenge thrown to everyone, to build, not to destroy” and “to add to, not to take away”.
“The task of nation-building is exerting and may even appear messy as the process continues, especially in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation like Nigeria,” he said.
“It challenges all values, patience and tolerance of citizens; it may even be costly.”
“We must accept that there is a need for greater decentralization of the police force. I have been a frequent advocate of state policing and I believe this certainly must be the way we must go,” he was quoted as saying
“The National Assembly is in a position to consider some of the proposals that have gone to them for the purposes of devolving more powers to the states for security purposes and for addressing the security challenges.”
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