Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has addressed an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, and the wider public, arguing that the push for state police alone will not resolve Nigeria’s insecurity and instability challenges.
In the letter, shared on Monday across her social media handles, she maintained that comprehensive restructuring of the country remains, in her view, the more sustainable path to addressing the underlying issues.
In the memorandum, titled “State Police Is Not the Answer. Restructuring Nigeria Is,” she said the Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police has reopened a major policy debate.
Ezekwesili wrote: “The Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police has reopened one of the most consequential public policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history.”
She noted that the proposal reflects concerns over insecurity in the country.
“The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent extremism,
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