The president blames the state governor for escalating violence throughout Nigeria, especially in recent cases of escalating violence in the plateau, Benue and Enugu states.
Naija News The report said the president criticized the governor for criticizing the insufficient funding of security agencies despite receiving a large number of security votes.
Daniel Bwala, the president’s special adviser on policy communication, made the remarks when he appeared on TVC’s Buder The Beyondlines Show on Monday night.
Bwala stressed that despite the security fares ranging from 1 billion to 3 billion euros, some governors allocated 20 million to the state, police and army monthly 20 million.
“We are very sad that the governor donated 20 million states to SSS in some states, awarded 20 million to police, and 20 million to the Army, monthly allocations to fight insecurity. Bouwara questioned.
State police demand and local governance weakness
With growing demand for state police, Bouwara argues that it masks weaknesses in local governance. He said the state government already has the resources and laws needed to combat insecurity but has failed to use them effectively. He suggested that if the governor allocated more resources to support his state’s federal security agencies, bloodshed could be reduced.
“Within the current framework of the national security architecture, there is still a belief that if we understand what needs to be done, we can deal with insecurity.,”get.”What needs to be done to do this? For example, in every state, there are SSS, police, military and paramilitary. Then, each state has created quasi-parameter clothing and has government support to deal with legal issues. ”
He stressed that the governor with $2 billion to $3 billion in security votes could allocate some of the funds to purchase basic security equipment such as drones, vehicles and surveillance systems.
Bwala criticized the governor for not investing in these resources, especially given the use of criminals such as drones.
State Police are not a direct solution
While acknowledging the need to improve safety, Bouwara questioned the establishment of viability for state police, especially for governors struggling to pay wages. He warned that the economic burden of maintaining the new police force may be too much for many states.
“When you are now building a state policeman, a governor says he is working hard to pay wages and you want to create another police system for him to pay or work with them for freeIt 2? ” Bouwara argued.Currently, do we have a budget to maintain this? ”
Although Buwara did not completely refute the state police’s ideas, he stressed that this should not be the only solution to life in Nigeria. “We don’t have to wait for it before we maintain our lives,” he concluded.
