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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors\u2019 Forum on Wednesday demanded the repeal of some sections of the Police Act recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari over constitutional breaches.<\/p>\n
The governors made in demand in a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end a meeting via Zoom.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanue (Akwa Ibom), Senator Bala Muhammad (Bauchi) and Douye Diri (Bayelsa).<\/p>\n
Others were \u2013 Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (Oyo) and Bello Muhammad Matawalle (Zamfara).<\/p>\n
In the communiqu\u00e9 signed by Tambuwal, who is the Chairman of the Forum, the governors implored President Buhari and the National Assembly to repeal Section 4(1) of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, 2019 which \u201cpurportedly authorises the president to deduct 0.5 percent of the total revenue accruing to the Federation Account for the benefit of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n
They described the deduction as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
The communiqu\u00e9 read: \u201cThe meeting noted the signing of the New Nigeria Police Act, 2020 by Mr. President, Commander in Chief.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile acknowledging the many important innovations in the new law, the Forum emphasised the need to make the Nigeria Police Council, which has Mr. President as Chairman and 36 state governors as members, fully operational and the clearing-house on all issues bordering on the organisation and administration of the Nigeria Police Force as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Forum further observed the discrepancies in S.12(2) and S.12(4) of the Act on the appropriate authority with the responsibility to deploy Police Commissioners to the respective States. Whereas S.12(2) gives the responsibility to the Police Service Commission, S. 12(4) gives either the Police Service Commission or Inspector-General of Police the same responsibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is even more regrettable as the Constitution gives this responsibility to the Police Service Commission (S. 215) (1)(b). We advise that the constitutional provision be upheld.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, the Forum canvassed for appropriate consultations with the governors of various states on the deployment of police commissioners to the states since the police is a common institution that executes the laws of both the federal and state governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Forum implored Mr. President and the National Assembly to repeal Section 4(1) of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, 2019 which purports to authorise the President to deduct 0.5 percent of the total revenue accruing to the Federation Account for the benefit of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, as it is patently unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beneficiaries of the Federation Account are the Federal, States and Local Governments only. More creative funding options should be explored.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors\u2019 Forum on Wednesday demanded the repeal of some sections of the Police Act recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari over constitutional breaches. The governors made in demand in a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end a meeting via Zoom. The meeting was attended by governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":18956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[65,959],"class_list":["post-31163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-pdp","tag-zamfara-state"],"yoast_head":"\n