The inspector-general of police, Tunji Disu, has inaugurated a seven-member committee to oversee the implementation of state police in Nigeria.
The committee, led by Olu Ogunsakin, a professor of police studies, was inaugurated on Wednesday.
Speaking during the inauguration, Disu, who was recently appointed as IGP, asked the committee to propose an operational framework for the establishment and coordination of state police structures.
The IGP asked the committee to review issues pertaining to training, recruitment, resource allocation, and oversight mechanisms necessary for the state police structures.
Disu said the decentralisation of the police will enable state government and local authorities to respond to specific security challenges within their jurisdictions.
On several occasions, President Bola Tinubu has promised that his administration will create state police as part of the measures to address the country’s insecurity.
