According to him, that is why the Federal Government’s power is being challenged in a “frighteningly sustained manner” by a phalanx of armed non-state actors.

He said, “I would recommend the following immediate decisions and actions by the federal and state governments, with the support of our civil society and all well-meaning Nigerians. The first is to implement the three key devolution proposals that I mentioned: Give us state police now; vest all minerals in the states now; and decentralise our judiciary now – not later.

“There are certain things governors cannot do. Some of them we have alluded to by saying we don’t control security agencies. So, you are chief security officer, but you can call the CP (commissioner of police) and if the IG (Inspector General) says, ‘Don’t talk to him,’ that is it.

“In five and a half years, as governor of Kaduna State, I have had eight commissioners of police. They are just posted; they spend seven or eight months (each) on average. Do the mathematics. Eight CPs that have virtually no say in their posting, and so on. How can you have security management if you change the frontline chief of security every eight months on average?”

The governor noted that only the National Assembly could make state police a reality.

El-Rufai added, “There is nothing the governors can do. And these senators and House of Representatives members were elected from states. Many of them got elected with our help and support, but when they go to Abuja, they can grow large heads and will not cut their hair for two years, and they start thinking something else. I had one like that; I got him out.

“We want states to have more responsibilities so that we can be held more accountable. The reason I said we need state police, a decentralised judiciary and the vesting of mines, minerals and oils in states now is because if we don’t do it this year, next year, everything will be politicised.”

In response, the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya, who was also a speaker on the occasion, said, “Governor El-Rufai has said, ‘Let us all work together.’ We are very ready to do that.”

‘We don’t have enough soldiers, military equipment’

Speaking on the causes for failure in effective policing, El-Rufai stated that the national level security response to the challenges has been uncoordinated and ineffective in wiping out the threats.

He said, “None of the military services nor other security agencies has been suitably expanded in numbers and equipment for over a decade since the insurgency in the North-East pushed things to a new law.

“This country does not have enough soldiers, uniformed police, or secret police to project state power across its vast swaths, particularly the forests. The limited number of boots on the ground are not well-equipped and are significantly lacking in the technology that can make their limited numbers matter a lot less.

“We should provide immediate and enhanced funding to acquire advanced equipment, armaments and ordinances for the armed forces, police, security agencies and paramilitary agencies by drawing down from the pool of various rainy day federation funds like the Excess Crude Account, Natural Resources Account, Stabilisation Account, and so on, so that our security services will have the material to face the criminals that menace us. “

The governor added that restructuring required an immediate national consensus to collect more taxes at federal and state levels for the governments to be viable.

“This also means we must stop pretending that the regulated rates of lending, interest rates, exchange rates, prices of petrol and electricity, as well as the salaries in the public sector are realistic, sustainable and will lead us to the Promised Land. These are decisions for the here and now,” he said.

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He is right though.
But Las Las all na just publicity stunt..2023

I think FG should distribute some of these department to state. The power is just too much at the centre. These people knows themselves and i believe it will be easier for them to identify Terrorist among them.

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Total Resource control by states will solve 80% of all this quagmire in Nigeria.

for the first time this man is making sense

foolish hypocrite. He thinks he can get to power with this eye service. A fucking terrorist. With this, many people will play into his 2023 presidential ambition.

The federal government want to control everything so they can protect their darling killers roaming with cows everywhere

Wetin Shehu Sanni no go see for Kaduna?

If only ortom had state police, fulani people wont be killing his people.

Elrufai with state police, kaduna south may go extinct.

Ganduje and hisbah with state police? O lawd

Give oshiomole or peter obi state police, they will equip them more than the military itself.






The only thing a president has over gov is control of guns. Give the govs that? It matters not who sits in aso rock. In fact we will have 36 presidents in Nigeria, D man in aso Rick will merely be a first among equals .


Overall/prose and cons
And this is a good thing. .... northern Christian's will have to migrate south tho.

Interstate civil wars here and there , and within 5 yrs there will be peace

Damage control,the country is destined to fall and nothing will stop it

From El- Rufai, to Fayemi to my respected Pastor Adeyemi are all talking gibberish.

ElRufai was the chairman committee that looked into APC restructuring propaganda but could not push for it after 2years only for him to be making political statement because of 2023, he better be told that Nigerians are wiser and not ready to swallow any trash from politicians.

As for Fayemi, a self acclaimed security experts who cannot proffer solution to herdsmen menace ravaging his state and the country, is fuming and making many incoherent statements these days. You more confused and lacks capacity and courage to deal with Nigerian problem, so kindly swerve and keep your hallucination to yourself.

Oga Pastor, you made small sense when you say wicked Nigerians were benefitting from the crises, but creating fear by bringing Korea disintegration into the issue is where you miss the point. When you make reference to countries that had problem while separating why not talk about countries that broke peacefully and later on became successful, or you perceived that breaking up Nigeria would affect your ministry?

Enough of all these political correctness. Nigerians are wise, the veil covering their vision is removed, they now see clearly the deceit in tge statements of political and spiritual leaders

If you take el-rufai serious on this, then you can trust the devil himself, as your right hand pal.
El-rufai is simply throwing a bait, for his 2023 presidential ambition, and I can see a lot of undiscerning persons falling for it already.

who be dis one again?

Make the thing no look like Elrufai no put mouth about the insecurities in the country.

That's media talk all for political correctness

That will be a very palatable news for the Nigerian youth , if u are an experienced teacher and reside around bada, ayobo, Lagos check my signature requirements WAEC, OND and NCE

The restructuring we clamour for is nothing but REGIONAL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

See as the IPOB Yoots are already crying here..

Resource Control and State Police will be highly counter productive to the Igbos...

Imagine states in the North having their hisbah States" police...There would no Ashawo, Drinking Joints, no freedom of worship...in fact Fridays may be holidays while Sundays would be working days..Many Igbo men would have relocate to the South...

Statistics have also shown ,all the Igbo States depend on Federal Allocations to survive...Men is scary!

Sometimes I wonder what Delta state does with all it oil allocation.

Of course they deserve to control their resources and pay a tax to the center, but the fact that they can’t even show massive growth with the allocations available to them today does not bode well for future growth, even when they get to control more of their resources.

All in all, we need better politicians across the board, but knowing my people in Nigeria, they hardly care about good leadership.

State police is all we need to curb this menace of insecurity

VaselineCrew:
Sometimes I wonder what Delta state does with all it oil allocation.

Of course they deserve to control their resources and pay a tax to the center, but the fact that they can’t even show massive growth with the allocations available to them today does not bode well for future growth, even when they get to control more of their resources.

All in all, we need better politicians across the board, but knowing my people in Nigeria, they hardly care about good leadership.

Tinubu is the problem with Delta state

Lol.
The oil has finally become useless and the gold headquarters of Nigeria (The North) now want resource control.
Niger Delta una GOOD MORNING OH

El rufai needs to shut up if he and his party can't get Nigeria restructured within the next 2 yes as they promised us during their presidential campaigns. Nigerians won't take him serious again if he uses this as one of his slogan to win the presidential elections in 2023.

NOwazobia:
foolish hypocrite. He thinks he can get to power with this eye service. A fucking terrorist. With this, many people will play into his 2023 presidential ambition.

El rufai is very good gov but the man na confirm bigot

Every state need their own indeed

BKayy:
Lol.
The oil has finally become useless and the gold headquarters of Nigeria (The North) now want resource control.
Niger Delta una GOOD MORNING OH

Always crying more than the bereaved. No wonder everyone dislikes you guys. Fool.

NOwazobia:
foolish hypocrite. He thinks he can get to power with this eye service. A fucking terrorist. With this, many people will play into his 2023 presidential ambition.

God bless you,the Terrorist is indirectly campaigning for 2023

Zooposki:


Always crying more than the bereaved. No wonder everyone dislikes you guys. Fool.

Thanks for reminding me.
By the way how many fingers are you typing with?