The Plateau state Deputy Governor, Prof Sonni Tyoden has slammed the call by some opinion moulders in Nigeria calling for the establishment of state police, saying Plateau state is not prepared.
Tydon stated this at NUJ Colloquium a program organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) which was tagged: “Insecurity in Nigeria and Agitations for Restructuring” organised to mark a press week in the state.
The Deputy Governor though admitted that their diversity within the state was poorly managed which is responsible for varying degree of insecurity within the state, however, said the administration of his principal, Mr. Simon Lalong would continue to intensify efforts at stemming the tide of insecurity in the State.
He commended the Journalist for their role in making the public better informed of governance and agenda-setting, urging them to discharge their duties with responsibility and preach peace and harmonious coexistence to shore up development.
In his words, over the time our diversity has continued to be our bend and which is as well the biggest threat to the creation of state police, however, he assured that good governance is what we require at the moment.
In his contribution, a constitutional Lawyer, Dakas Clement Dakas while presenting his paper on colloquium urged the Journalist to be objective in their reportage as they are being vied as the agenda-setters.
On state policing, the lawyer noted that restructuring approach would be successful if the multicultural and religious sensibilities of people were incorporated in the state’s security architecture.
However, “Failure to incorporate our complexities will make people suspect the security recipe, insecurity has taken over our space, and this is the time for action, not lamentation. Noting that although, We need to decentralize the Police but what about the funding in terms of equipment, salaries, welfare, and personnel capacity building so that guns are not put in the hands of criminally minded people?”