Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has reacted to a recent that he was against the creation of state police in Nigeria.
In a statement issued and signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the governor described the report as false and misleading.
According to him, “the attention of Malam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to the blatant misrepresentation of his position on state police in a false report published in a national daily that Nigeria’s Governors have reached agreement on state police, alleged that Mallam Nasir Elrufai expressed opposition to state police during the meeting.
“This falsehood is incongruous to the publicly articulated position of Malam Nasir El-Rufai on state police. How can a man who chaired a committee that recommended the adoption of state police in 2017 credibly be alleged to be against it?
” Even the sheer logic of his own lived experience as governor of a state confronting security challenges suggests a pragmatic embrace of state and community policing. In an under-policed country crying out for more police officers, new technology and modern paradigms of securing communities, adopting state police is imperative.” He said
According to him, “Since the submission of the report of the APC Committee on true federalism, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been engaged in advocacy for its recommendations.
“At its last meeting, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) accepted a proposal to set up a bi-partisan committee of Governors to pursue the implementation of the recommendations of the APC True Federalism committee. But that NGF committee is yet to be set up.”
