Governors Lament Poor Funding Of Police In Nigeria

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is worried about the poor funding of the police force in the task of fighting insecurity in many parts of the country.
The governors expressed fear that the way things are going, the government might find it difficult to continue to fund the police force.
Chairman of the Forum who doubles as governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, told news men shortly after the meeting of the governors with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that the solution to the poor funding lied with the Trust Fund Bill that is currently before the National Assembly for consideration.
“So,  they are having so many difficulties in funding which we are agreed that with the way things are going, through the budgeting process, we cannot continue to fund police.
“The Inspector General of Police made us to know that there is a kind of trust fund bill which is before the National Assembly, and asked for our support and the members of the national assembly, especially the House of Representatives.
“On our own part,  we have put a committee in place. It is headed by the governors of Kwara, Imo, Delta, Ekiti, Bauchi and Sokoto to lead the committee so that they can be able to  interface with the committee of Police and take the matter before the Acting President for further action. It is important for our nation.
“And as well there is the issue of kind of state police which is being discussed and we are coming up with so many options which we are expecting  the committee to do and find safe way of policing Nigeria.”[myad]