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Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Sinugu has
set up a committee to begin the process

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of creating state Police to address the
insecurity in the country. President Bola Ahmed

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Sinugu made this loan few minutes ago
in a statement he personally signed shortly after

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he had had an emergency meeting with
the thirty six state governors on Thursday at

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State House in Abuja. I have
approved the creation of a committee that includes

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state governors and federal government representatives to
explore, among other things, the possibility

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of establishing state Police, President Bollatinubu
said in the statement. Earlier, the

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Minister of Information and National Orientation,
Mohammed Idris, joined by Governors Keleb Mutman

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of Plattin State, Hubasani of Kaduna
State and Sheriff of Arrevory of Delta State,

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disclosed the plans to set up state
Police to media correspondents. At a

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briefing after the emergency meeting, Mohammed
said a series of meetings are in the

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pipeline to determine the modalities for the
setting up of the State Police, builting

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therefore that nothing concrete has yet been
determined, he said. Now there is

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also a discussion around the issue of
state police. The federal government and the

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state governments are only the possibility of
setting up state police. Of course,

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this is still going to before the
discourse. A lot of work has to

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be done in that direction. Both
the federal government and the state government agree

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on the necessity of having state police. Now this is a significant shift,

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but as I said, more work
needs to be done in that direction.

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According to the Minister, the meeting
observed that the security situation in the country

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has significantly, pointing out that farmers
have returned to farmlands that were atto inaccessible

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view to insecurity in places such as
Banu Jegawa and class to States, among

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others. He said that the meeting
discussed the need to improve the numerical strength

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of forest rangers and trained them to
keep the farms and borders safe, a

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development. President Bollatinubo, in a
statement personally signed, indicated that the Presidency

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has approved the training and expansion of
the forest rangers. The minister said the

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governors and the President thanked the security
operators for the service rendered, noting some

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of them we will played the supreme
price with their lives to ensure that Nigerians

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have a secure environment. They have
found mister President for all that he is

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doing and they have also asked him
to do more so that at the end

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of the day, we will have
a completely secured Nigeria, according to Tribune

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newspaper. Apart from Security first,
there’s meeting also dwelt on the food situation

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in the country, with the minister
disclosing that a committee had been set up

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to synthesize all that had been discussed
at the meeting. He said the President

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has directed the National Security Advisor,
the Director General of the State Department of

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State Services and the Inspector General of
Police to coordinate with governors to end the

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holding of food commodities in the country. This is because he expressed concerns that

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people are trying into furnish Nigerians and
profit from their misery. The government spokesman

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also signals that there will be no
import of food commodities, contrary to the

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position earlier taken by the federal government. He explained that the government wants to

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sustend the gains already made in local
food production in the belief that the country

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can feed itself and also be a
net exporter. It is seted first the

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National Security Advisor, the Director General
of State Services and the inspects of General

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of Police have been directed to coordinate
with the state governors to look at the

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issue of those holding commodities. At
this point, the nation requires for to

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be brought out to the people so
that we can control prices and put food

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on the table of most Nigerians.
Other commodity treaders are busy holding these commodities

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so that Nigerians will suffer or they
will make more money as a result.

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So the governors and mister Presidents have
taken this decision that security agencies will collaborate

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with the state governors to ensure that
ends number two. A decision has also

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been taken that in the interest of
our country, there will be no need

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for food importation at this point.
Nigeria has the potential to feed itself and

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it will be a net exporter or
food items to other countries. And we

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do not also want to reverse some
of the progress we have seen in terms

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of food production in this country.
What we’re seeing now is just a temporary

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difficulties that will soon go away.
Therefore, the solution to its continuous investment

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in agriculture so that food can be
made available to all Nigerians. Of course,

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you know that MISSTA President declared an
emergency in agriculture many months ago.

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Therefore, part of the mergers that
he has taken is to ensure that more

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investments are made in this sector for
the benefit of our people. The governors

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have also agreed to join hands with
MISTA presidents to deep in their own investment

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in the agricultural sector so that more
food will be made available to Nigerians.

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This investment is not just in crop
production, it is also in livestoad development

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and management. All these are to
ensure that food is available. In the

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area of security, mister President and
the state governors have all agreed that at

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this point, we are seeing significant
improvement in the security situation around the country

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of costs, this is not to
say that the security situation has been solved

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completely. What we have seen significant
improvements in Bonnau, for example, areas

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where farmers have not been able to
cultivate as a result of security. Those

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farmers have now returned to their farms. It is also the same thing in

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Jigawa and many parts of the country. The governors, including the governor of

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Platty states, have also attested to
the fact that despite all the challenges that

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we are having, there appears to
be an improvement in security in these areas.

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Of Course, as I said,
the situation has not been completely solved.

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What we are seeing a positive movement
towards a secure Nigeria. It is

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explained that President will call the meeting
to inform the state governors on what is

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happening and what the federal government is
doing, and to also hear from the

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state governors their input about issues of
development in this country. He added,

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a lot of issues we are discussed
about the security situation in the country.

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They are parents, could issue that
the media has also been reporting about,

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and some other measures that will help
in improving the states of our nation.

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Now, the first point is that
the governors and mister President have agreed to

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set up a committee to deep in
the conversation that has happened at the just

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concluded meeting. Of course, you
know that it is impossible to complete most

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of the issues that where raised at
the meeting, so this is going to

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be a continuous one. Secondly,
mister President and the governors have agreed that

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these kinds of meetings will continue in
the interest of our nation. It is

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important that all the time, the
federal government and the state governors who are

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leaders at the subnational level, continue
to engage and interact collectively so that issues

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of national importance will continue to be
addressed and we don’t leave room for any

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speculation or for people who may seize
the opportunity to say things that are not

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in the interest of our country.
Quote. The Information Minister observed that a

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lot of meetings will have to happen
between the federal government and the subnationals to

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see to the modalities of achieving what
was discussed as a meeting in set teamable

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old the state governors to join hands
with the federal government to provide more for

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people, especially the timid youth population, adding there is going to be a

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joint program between the state government and
the federal government to ensure that our timid

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youth population is gainfully employed so that
we will reduce to the veriest minimum the

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issue of unemployment in the country.
At the end of it all, the

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thirty six state governors and mister Presidents
are all on one cash irrespective of political

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differences, to ensure that Nigeria remains
peaceful, Nigeria remains united, Nigeria remains

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prosperol schooling forward and this kind of
conversation, like I said, will continue

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to deep in engagements between the federal
government and the state governors will continue as

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are bringing you the needs in a
morning