Northern state governors and traditional rulers rulers have reiterated their support for the creation of State Police and called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take off.
This is contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint meeting of the Northern States Governors Forum and Northern States Traditional Rulers Council on Saturday at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna.
The meeting was attended by governors of all 19 Northern States led Gombe State Governor/Chairman, Northern States Governors Forum Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, and the Chairmen of the 19 Northern States Traditional Rulers’ Councils.
The meeting acknowledged the critical role of nonpartisan cooperation, collaboration, and peer review in effectively addressing the numerous developmental challenges confronting the northern region and the nation at large.
After exhaustive deliberations on matters of regional interest, particularly security, the forum released the following communique:
“The Forum commends Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his sustained commitment to addressing the security challenges and infrastructural deficits in Northern Nigeria.
“The Forum resolved to liaise with the Nigerian Governors Forum to work out modalities of how to increase support to the Federal Security Agencies.
“The Forum also resolved to strengthen peculiar local initiatives in combating all forms of security challenges.
“The Forum also resolved to urgently set up inter-state platforms to coordinate surveillance on our joint borders.
“The Forum reiterated its support for the creation of State Police and called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take off.
“Forum’s next meeting will hold on the 30th of August 2025,” the communique said.
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