Yesterday, the proponents of State Police creation as the solution to upsurge in insecurity were disappointed by the National Economic Council (NEC).
The foremost economic advisory council chaired by the Vice President with governors as members, listed the issue but did not discuss it.
“State police were part of our agenda today (yesterday), but unfortunately, because of time demands… The presentations took a long time. We were unable to get to that bit of it.” Bayelsa State Governor Duoye Diri told reporters after the meeting.
But he added: “I can assure you that in our next meeting, that issue will be exhaustively discussed.”
The NEC last year requested governors to indicate whether or not they subscribed to state police.
At the NEC December meeting it was announced that all 36 governors and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister have agreed to the idea.
The issue was not listed for discussion at the NEC’s first meeting of the year in February. It was also not discussed yesterday.
Yesterday’s meeting was attended by Rivers State sole administrator Ibok Ekwe Ibas.
Diri briefed reporters along with Governors Hope Uzodimma(Imo), Biodun Oyebanji(Ekiti) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). Agriculture and Food Security Minister Abubakar Kyari was with them.
Diri said the council also emphasised the importance of modern solutions to the longstanding farmer-herder conflicts.
“What the Agriculture and Food Security ministry equally presented today(yesterday) shows that the sector is being modernised. More importantly, emphasis is being placed on cattle ranching and peace-building.
‘’We believe that the ministry’s presentation on cattle ranching is a modern solution to these issues,” Diri said.
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