Idiko1:


When did CEO of state become CSO? The president is chief execute officer of the country such as Nigeria hence the executive president. The president is not the chief security officer. The same thing befalls governor of the states. The governor is the chief executive officer of state hence the executive governor. The setup is likened to corporate standard where the CEO is not CSO. A person cannot be a chairman and gateman at the same time. Nigerians tend to coin craps in the newspaper which find their way into psychic of the society. Nigerian police are not apparatus of any state in Nigeria therefore the state governor does not control the ranks of the force.

babaolofin:


This is too shallow, irrational and nomadic. I hope somebody will explain to you at the level you can understand - your level. You said the President is not the CSO of the Country but he swore to an Oath to protect the Country. The Armed Forces and Police are under the President.

Read books on the meaning of the Executive President and Executive Governor in a Federal System of government.

I am off again for a week or more on self exile from nairaland. Bye

SATANICALLY666:

Kzinne:
yes but doesn't mean the cso position is merely ceremonial. Do you know that the governor of a state holds regular weekly security meetings with all the heads of security agencies posted to that state? So in a way he has a form of contro6. But that control is checked

gidgiddy:
Im not even sure a Governor has any control over a Commissioner Of Police

Most persons don't know that according to the Constitution of Nigeria the Nigerian police is subordinate to the Inspector General (IG) and the IG is under the authority of the President..
The governors in Nigeria are officially the Chief Security Officers of their various states but do not have power on the Nigerian police as it's vested almost entirely with the Inspector General of Police..The inspector general of police is accountable to the President...
Simple as that..

orisa37:
NO!!!

THE IGP IS EMPLOYED BY THE FG TO ADVISE THE GOVERNORS WHO ARE THE SOLE AUTHORITIES FOR THE SECURITIES OF THEIR STATES. SO THOSE GOVERNORS CAN ALWAYS REFUSE THE IGP AND HIS ADVICE ON ANY ISSUE.

THE IGP IS IN INDIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNORS. THE GOVERNORS WILL ALWAYS EMPLOY THEIR DIRECT SECURITY RESOURCES TO EXECUTE THEIR SECURITY CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

THAT IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND DIRECTIVE PROJECTION.

orisa37:
The IGP IS DIRECTLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO THE STATES.

Tingotoe:
There's no country in the world where the federal police isn't under the direct operational command of the head of government. The FBI in America answer to the president and not any local authority

Babinski:


The 1999 Constitution Section 215(4) states that "Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Governor of a State or Commissioner of the Government of the State as he may authorise in that behalf, may give to the Commissioner of Police of that State such lawful directions with respect to the maintenance and securing of public safety and public order within the State as he may consider necessary, and the Commissioner of Police shall comply with those directions or cause them to be complied with."

In view of the above, a Commissioner of Police is bound to obey the directives of a Governor as long as it does not go beyond the limits of the Executive Powers of the Governor as specified in Section 5(3) subsection 2 of the Constitution. In this regard the CP is therefore required to get approval from the IGP who may or may not overrule the Governor because the IGP represents the President who is the Chief Security Officer of the entire country.

SATANICALLY666:

This is why Nigeria should be restructured. there is no IGP equivalent in the united states and moreover the IGP is an appointee and not an elected official. That position should be scraped, people like to talk rubbish in this country because it favours them instead of fixing the system by presenting decent bills to help the country.

BluntCrazeMan:
Which Section (or Sub-Section) of the Constitution is that??
I need to read it by myself.

faste:
The weed you de take strong sha!!

babaolofin:


This is too shallow, irrational and nomadic. I hope somebody will explain to you at the level you can understand - your level. You said the President is not the CSO of the Country but he swore to an Oath to protect the Country. The Armed Forces and Police are under the President.

Read books on the meaning of the Executive President and Executive Governor in a Federal System of government.

I am off again for a week or more on self exile from nairaland. Bye

Nauttyprof:


I just don't understand why you typed this. So, why are the governors part of Nigerian Police Council? The Organogram for the council is President, 36 Governors, Chairman of Police Service Commission and IGP.

Upworkwriter007:

That same organization have not seat for over 7 years. Only the president can call for such seating and it's at his perogrative. The governors are only CSOs on paper. They cannot give order to the police, and the police is not duty-bound to obey them.

Nauttyprof:



Why type lies just to back your wrong view. They still had meeting just last year. Constitution empowers the Governor as the CSO and this is what counts in any legal system. It is just the politics in this Nation that hinders true Federalism from being practised.

If the Governor have no power why do they reject CP deployed to their states and the IGP grants their request?