The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen Ike Ekweremadu, has, once again, stressed the need for decentralised policing and economy if the coun­try must wriggle out of its numerous security and eco­nomic challenges.

He also stressed the need for respect for the rule of law and ensure inclusive gover­nance.

He made the assertions at the South East Economic and Security Summit held at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday.

The Deputy Senate Presi­dent said: “On the issue of security, I believe that whatever we say, unless we restructure our security ar­chitecture, we will continue to have problems and the simple suggestion is that this is time for us to think along the path of a decentralised policing.

“Today, we have challeng­es of kidnapping; we have challenges of insurgency; we have challenges of men­ace by suspected herdsmen; we also have militancy; and all these have never been resolved by about 340,000 police officers policing about 170 million people. It does not happen anywhere in the world”.

Ekweremadu maintained that every part of Nigeria should be allowed to have the type of policing system that suits their needs if the nation truly wants to secure its borders and every part thereof.

The senator also faulted the country’s economic structure, insisting that “there is no way you can run the type of economy we are running in a federal system and expect to make prog­ress”.

He added: “The answer to it is restructuring so that every part of Nigeria will de­velop in accordance with its potentials, be it economic, intellectual, agricultural, or other potentials and then be able to contribute to the commonwealth”

The Deputy President of the Senate also harped on the need for rule of law as, according to him, it remains a major factor for foreign investors and protection of protecting the rights of citi­zens and corporate entities.

“We must give everybody his due; the constitution is clear in Chapter 4 on the nu­merous fundamental rights that are the entitlements of every part and every person in Nigeria and one of them is the issue of liberty.



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On state police Dsp I agree

On kanu I say No No No sire

God bless Muhammadu Buhari

Watching. .............

TEVLI:
State Police can't happen here ,Sir..... We all know ourselves, too well , if you ask me so we exactly know that the state police are gonna turn into smtyn else under our corrupt Governors

And they are doing great jobs under non corrupt presidents ?

It's foolish to keep doing the same thing and expect different outcome .

A lawyer is asking for bail for someone charged with treason

ZUBY77:



And they are doing great jobs under non corrupt presidents ?

It's foolish to keep doing the same thing and expect different outcome .

Better the Devil we all know than Angel we don't know!! That will be a very costly experiment, what if it doesn't work?? What if this State Police of a thing becomes Instruments of Ethnic or Religious Cleansing... It's simply too dangerous an idea

mrvitalis:
A lawyer is asking for bail for someone charged with treason

My brother I wonder

That Guy called kanu is an enemy of the state

He needs to learn

God bless Muhammadu Buhari

God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

state policing is the way to go,but Ikeoha you forgot to tell them that ther's no federal presence in the whole south east. And that other national instutions should be nationalized. Like. NDA, NIPPS NVRI...etc they should all be decentralised as was done the Nigerian law school. Let the east have her due share pls tell them Sen. Ekweremadu.

TEVLI:
Better the Devil we all know than Angel we don't know!! That will be a very costly experiment, what if it doesn't work?? What if this State Police of a thing becomes Instruments of Ethnic or Religious Cleansing... It's simply too dangerous an idea

Well, let's expand more to avoid ethnic cleansing.
We merge our police with that of Ghana and Cameroon and Chad etc, so we can avoid ethnic cleansing.