President Bola Tinubu don take one of di most significant steps of im administration by formally seeking a constitutional amendment wey go pave di way for di establishment of state police across Nigeria.
Di move, don signal say di President don move beyond talk and don enter di serious, legal groundwork stage of making state police a reality for di kontri.
Di President no dey do dis for fun.
Nigeria security situation don reach a point where plenty Nigerians agree say di current centralised police structure no dey work well enough.
“We go establish state police to stop dis insecurity. Dis one no be about politics. E be about wetin go work. E be about giving states di tools to protect dia people while we dey make our national structure stronger.”
Tinubu imself don make di case clear and direct.
Those words carry weight. Di President no just dey talk reform in general terms — e dey define exactly wetin e want, why e want am, and how e see am working. And by saying it directly to governors from across party lines, e dey signal say dis na national project, not a partisan one.
Why Constitutional Amendment Dey Necessary
For those wey dey wonder why dem need to change di constitution before state police fit happen — di answer dey inside di structure of Nigeria current legal framework.
Di 1999 Constitution, as e dey stand, place policing exclusively under federal control.
Di Nigeria Police Force na one single, centralised institution wey di federal government alone dey control and fund. Before any state fit establish and operate im own independent police force, dat constitutional provision must change.
Dis na why Tinubu push for constitutional amendment na di right and proper way to go about am. E no be something wey executive order alone fit achieve. E require di National Assembly to work, state assemblies to vote, and di full weight of Nigeria constitutional process to move.
Di fact say di President don formally initiate dis process mean say di administration dey serious and dey ready to do di work wey di change require.
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