President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his resolve to create state police as part of a wider strategy to tackle insecurity in the country.
President Tinubu made the reiteration on Tuesday when the governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda led a delegation of prominent leaders of the Northwest state on a scheduled visit at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
While speaking with the delegation President Tinubu assured them of the determination of the federal government to tackle insecurity headlong. According to the president, the government is determined to deploy quality training and technology to tackle insecurity.
According to President Tinubu, “The security challenges that we are facing are surmountable. Yes, we have porous borders. We inherited weaknesses that could have been addressed earlier. It is a challenge that we must fix, and we are facing it
“I have today directed all the security agencies to energise further and look at the strategies. We have approved the additional acquisition of drones.”
President Tinubu reiterated that, “I am reviewing all the aspects of security; I have to create state police. We are looking at that holistically.”
“We will defeat insecurity. We must protect our children, our people, our livelihood, our places of worship, and our recreational spaces. They can’t intimidate us.”
The president reminded the delegation that in February 2024, the federal government formed a committee to study the framework for state policing. The initiative has since gained wide support, although as of March, 20 states had yet to submit their reports, according to Vice-President Kashim Shettima
Paying glowing tribute to his predecessor, Tinubu said that former President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacy would be preserved
He said, “The time we lost our brother, President Buhari, is a loss for all of us. It is the will of God Almighty, but he has left in a good way.”
“He didn’t hand over a defeated country, a battered political structure, but a legacy of success, and that is the most important thing.”
Responding, Governor Radda thanked the president for his consistent support for the government and people of Katsina State.
“Mr President, I would like to thank you very much, and I want to say before our elders that there was never a time I came to the President with a request that he rejected,” the governor said.
