{"id":100170,"date":"2021-10-30T07:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T06:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=100170"},"modified":"2021-10-30T07:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T06:31:24","slug":"state-policing-would-solve-insecurity-says-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/state-policing-would-solve-insecurity-says-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"State policing would solve insecurity, says Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria has stated that state policing would be an element in solving insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the former president during his\u00a0lecture tagged: <em>\u2018Social Responsibility in Nation Building\u2019<\/em>\u00a0at the 78th anniversary of the Island club Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the country might not be classified as a nation except it solves its problems of insecurity, political instability, injustice, inequity and impunity amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a need for us to agree on what really is the Nigerian dream. Some of the measures made by the government to build a Nigerian nation need to be reviewed and other measures need to be enshrined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNation building is a journey and not a destination. It must at all times be embarked upon as the progress made yesterday can be unmade tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Social and civil organisations such as Island Club must play a key role in nation building through so many measures such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/27\/zamfara-to-inaugurate-social-protection-council-%e2%80%95-ssg\/\">advocacy<\/a>, participation, mobilization of citizens amongst others\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Of the club, Otunba Kehinde Shitta urged Nigerians to put their selfish interest aside and put the country first, growth is assured. He called on the government to ensure state policing in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState policing is certain overdue in Nigeria, everybody knows about that, that\u2019s\u00a0 why everybody is talking about it now. The government knows better and they may have their reasons why it has not been implemented but certainly it will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState policing will metamorphose into getting local government police like they do abroad so you will be able to know yourself and monitor yourselves which is what has been happening before so like I said, it\u2019s all going to how we have been doing it before. State police are very key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Chairman of the club, Olu Falomo said: \u201cHow to secure the country is very much in the hands of the politicians. The day they stop deceiving themselves is the day we will start to secure this country. 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