State police or what?

This call for the adoption of state police by all sundry is a mere political clamour. The constitution has not prevented any state government from establishing its own security outfits like the Neighborhood Watch. The constitution only prevents the states from equipping these security outfits with arms and ammunition which only the National Assembly can do. And until this relevant provision in the constitution is amended, we are only pretending when we call for “state police”.
The so-called “restructuring” of which the “state police” should be an offshoot, can be done piecemeal by amendment to the Exclusive and Concurrent Legislative Lists of the constitution, rather than going the long hug of drawing up a new constitution as is the clamour now.
If we cannot amend these two schedules with easy, then forget about the new constitution clamour.
Gabriel Ipheghe,
206 Road, FESTAC Town,
Lagos State, +23480229204

 

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