UPDATED: Expedite Action On Creation Of State Police, Northern Governors, Traditional Rulers Tell National Assembly

News Investigators/ The Northern States Governors on Saturday, urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for the take off of State Police, reiterating its support for its immediate creation.

The governors resolved to employ local initiatives to combat the rising spate of insecurity across the northern states, even as it vowed to urgently set up inter-state platforms to coordinate surveillance on its joint borders.

The resolutions were part of the communiqué reached at a meeting with chairmen of northern traditional rulers, held Saturday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, in Kaduna.

The meeting was attended by Their Excellencies, the Governors of all 19 Northern States and Their Royal Highnesses, the Chairmen of the 19 Northern States Traditional Rulers’ Councils.

The Forum acknowledged the critical role of nonpartisan cooperation, collaboration, and peer review in effectively addressing the numerous developmental challenges confronting the northern region and the nation at large.

The communiqué read in part:

After exhaustive deliberations on matters of regional interest, particularly security, the Forum released the following communique:

1. The Forum commends Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for his sustained commitment to addressing the security challenges and infrastructural deficits in Northern Nigeria.
2. The Forum resolved to liaise with the Nigerian Governors Forum to work out modalities of how to increase support to the Federal Security Agencies.
3. The Forum also resolved to strengthen peculiar local initiatives in combating all forms of security challenges.
4. The Forum also resolved to urgently set up inter-state platforms to coordinate surveillance on our joint borders.
5. The Forum reiterated its support for the creation of State Police and called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take off.
6. Forum’s next meeting will hold on the 30th of August 2025.

Signed:
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON
Governor of Gombe State/ Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum