{"id":112769,"date":"2024-03-10T21:09:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T20:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-governors-would-abuse-the-creation-of-state-police-emir-of-ningi-warns"},"modified":"2024-03-10T23:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T22:27:24","slug":"nigerian-governors-would-abuse-the-creation-of-state-police-emir-of-ningi-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-governors-would-abuse-the-creation-of-state-police-emir-of-ningi-warns","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian governors would abuse the creation of state police \u2013 Emir of Ningi warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Dan Yaya, has declared his opposition to the creation of state police in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The revered traditional ruler argued that some governors would hijack the police and abuse it inappropriately.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview with select journalists at his palace in Ningi on Sunday, the Emir said what the country needs is not a state police but adequate welfare for the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the underlying issue lies in the negligence or lack of political will by the federal government to address the demands and requirements of the NPF.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if the federal government adequately supports the police, such grievances wouldn\u2019t arise.<\/p>\n<p>His words: \u201cI have many facts, which is why I think giving the police to states is not appropriate. The point of the question you are asking first is, why do you want to do it now in states when we have had the Nigerian Police for more than 100 years? The answer is that there is negligence or lack of political will on the part of the federal government to address the demands and needs of the police. If the federal government takes care of them very well, you will not hear such agitation,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, if successive federal governments failed to address the issue and take care of the Nigeria Police, how will the states do it?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t. I think the truth of the matter is that if we are not focused, there may be a problem, because if states recruit these policemen, they will be given weapons. And if they are given weapons, maybe they won\u2019t get a salary, they won\u2019t get incentives, welfare, and other remunerations over time. Maybe they will not get so many things, like good working facilities, needed working tools, welfare, and other things that are needed. I think the state governments can\u2019t provide for all their needs since the federal government too can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember since we were a provincial government (native authority), when we had the law enforcement and the police, they gave them everything they needed: cars, houses, and utilities. When they died, they took them to their hometowns, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd at that time, everyone saw their greatness, gave them respect. But now I see the situation is different, as I said. It is being said by many people that the Nigerian Police and the Army people do not see their greatness as before, and they don\u2019t give them respect as before. That is why there is a lot of trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the state governments have police. Look at the power given to state governors even now that the police are not in their hands. How is it in some states? You can\u2019t rule out fears that some governors would hijack the police and abuse it inappropriately,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>DailyPost reports that the Emir was a one-time Member National Council of States, representing the then Bauchi State (now Bauchi &amp; Gombe) Council of Emirs (1979 \u2013 1983), Member National Constitutional Conference representing North-East Traditional Rulers (1994 \u2013 1995), and Member Traditional Rulers Sub \u2013 Committee on Vision 2010 Committee (1996 \u2013 1997).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Dan Yaya, has declared his opposition to the creation of state police in the country. The revered traditional ruler argued that some governors would hijack the police and abuse it inappropriately. 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