First Daily Dialogue: Ex-military chiefs, politicians, others back state police, urgent security reforms
Former military chiefs, politicians and security experts have called for the establishment of state police, emergency funding for security agencies and comprehensive reforms of Nigeria’s security architecture to address the country’s worsening insecurity.
Participants broadly agreed that Nigeria’s security crisis could no longer be addressed through military deployment alone, stressing the need for stronger internal security institutions, better intelligence gathering, increased funding and greater involvement of sub-national governments.
They made the call on Tuesday at the First Daily Sixth Anniversary National Dialogue on Security held in Abuja, against the backdrop of recent moves by the National Assembly to amend the Constitution and establish state police services.
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