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Makinde Restates Call For State Police

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Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde (4th left), with members of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislators, South-West Chapter.

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Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has, again, called for the establishment of state police, noting that it has become imperative to surmount the insecurity challenges facing different parts of the country.

He maintained that the refusal of the Federal Government to approve South-West governors’ demand to establish state police, few years ago, led to the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun.

Makinde stated this on Tuesday when he received the Conference of Speakers of State Legislators, South-West Chapter, led by its chairman and Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye.

The governor stated in a release by his Special Adviser (Media), Sulaimon Olanrewaju, that it has become very important for the Federal Government to revisit the matter.

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The speakers paid a courtesy visit to the governor in his office in Ibadan, where he appreciated them for their condolences and words of support over the January 16 explosion in Bodija, Ibadan.

Makinde maintained that there was a need for collaboration and cooperation between the executive arm of government and the legislators to deliver dividends of democracy and bring development to the people.

He said: “I want to observe that you need to all come together irrespective of the political party that brought you into office.

“This is a demonstration that the electioneering period is over and you need to have everybody pulling together to govern and deliver dividends of democracy to our people.”

Speaking on the security challenges in the country, Governor Makinde maintained that the establishment of state police was an idea whose time has come and that the fears in some quarters that states would not be able to maintain state police were unfounded.

He cited the example of Oyo State where the payment of salaries and pensions has never been an issue despite the economic challenges in the country.

“A lot of people may not know that before we launched Amotekun in this state, some of us governors went to the Federal Government and we asked to be allowed to set up state police for our various states but we did not get that approval during the time of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“I disagreed at that particular time and still disagree to date that the states are not in the position to maintain state police.

“I have never seen where the Federal Government went to a particular state and gave the police everything they needed. So, the states are already maintaining the police,” the governor said.

Makinde said the police are on the Exclusive List, but if that responsibility is split and states have to run their police system, they should have access to resources from the federation account to meet the responsibility of maintaining the police.

“So, the issue of being unable to maintain state police will not arise again. Give us the responsibility first and see if certain states will be able to maintain it or not.

“But since we could not get state police, we settled for Amotekun. All the state assemblies in the South-West passed a common law for its establishment. So, we have to be pushing for state police, and you lawmakers have a role to play to make that a reality,” he added.

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislators, South-West, Rt. Hon. Aribasoye described Makinde as a dynamic governor.

The Ekiti State lawmaker also lauded efforts by Governor Makinde in re-engineering the state through various developmental projects.

He commended the governor for his proactiveness and prompt response to the unfortunate incident at Bodija. He also expressed confidence that there would be continuous support and harmonious relationships between the legislative and the executive arms of government for better governance.

In attendance were the chairman, Nigeria Conference of Speakers and Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Olamide Adesanmi and the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Adewale Egbedun.

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