A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former senator who represented Ekiti North at the 9th National Assembly, Ayodele Arise, said the recently passed State Police Amendment Act by the Senate would go a long way in mitigating the scary security challenges facing the country.
He disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
DAILY POST reports that Nigeria’s Senate had on Wednesday joined the House of Representatives in passing the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026.
According to him, it is good that President Bola Ahmed was at the centre of the passed State Police Bill.
He noted that the bill after its have completed its legislation process,, would give state governments and sub-national required Constitutional powers to tackle insecurity in their respective states squarely.
“Having state police is a much-needed solution to reduce the security threat that we are facing in the country. “There is no way security challenges will be eliminated completely, but kudos to Mr President that he has been very proactive on this subject as we continue to face the challenges of insecurity in the country.
“The president has been in the forefront of ensuring that solutions are provided to meet these challenges and almost completely eliminate the existence of these b,ad elements in the country as it comes to kidnapping that has been going on in communities and the ability of the Federal Police to respond very quickly and then move from one location to the other; they aren’t particularly familiar
