The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.SAN, has reiterated the need for creation of state police in Nigeria.
Akeredolu also stated that the nation’s security architecture must not be left under the hands of the federal government alone,saying that the security architecture must be decentralised.
Akeredolu stated this in his office while receiving participants of the Senior Course 45 programme of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, who were on study tour of the state
He said, “In spite of our meager resources, our administration has recorded remarkable successes in securing the lives and property of the people of the state as well as in the area of employment generation.
“The state-owned security agency, the Amotekun Corps, has also been doing wonderfully well.
“The success of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State in particular and South-West of Nigeria in general underscores the fact that the security architecture of the country must be decentralised for effective security of lives and properties in Nigeria.”
The governor stated that the problems of unemployment and insecurity were hydra-headed, not only in the nation but also in the rest of the world, and that the high rate of unemployment in the nation had led some young people to look for better opportunities abroad.
