President Muhammadu Buhari has said even though state Police is a good initiative, he does not want to be a part of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt may be more efficient, which was why I congratulated the governor of Lagos State (Akinwunmi Ambode) when he started the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps. It\u2019s a good initiative,\u201d the President said in a recorded interview aired on\u00a0Arise TV<\/em>\u00a0on Monday night.<\/p>\n He, however, said it could be problematic in the long run because most states could not afford to pay the salaries of their workers.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cLagos State is richer than the Federal Government. How many states are there that can pay salaries and you now ask them to go and form state Police?<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, do you know what can happen if you can\u2019t feed the Police? Do you just give him uniform and a gun but can\u2019t pay him salaries for six months?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a problem and I don\u2019t want to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the President has expressed displeasure with the Police, saying if they were doing their job well, soldiers would not be seen on the streets.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a problem with the Police and I told them that, from my training and experience, the Police are supposed to be in the front line.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, Nigerians are seeing soldiers on the streets. This is not good for the Police and I told them this some months ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Muhammadu Buhari has said even though state Police is a good initiative, he does not want to be a part of it. \u201cIt may be more efficient, which was why I congratulated the governor of Lagos State (Akinwunmi Ambode) when he started the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps. It\u2019s a good initiative,\u201d the President said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,31,14],"tags":[97,204],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-government"],"yoast_head":"\n