Okowa restates name for state police at ICAN convention

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and vice-presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP), says creation of state police will assist deal with insecurity in Nigeria.

Mr Okowa made this in his remarks on the annual convention of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.

He mentioned that there had been a consensus amongst Nigerians for creation of state police as a method of decreasing the crime charge.

Mr Okowa mentioned that it was unlucky that the federal authorities had remained detached on the difficulty and warranted {that a} PDP led federal authorities will empower states to run their separate police system.

He mentioned that with state police the place indigenes will guarantee safety of lives and property of their areas, legal actions could be curbed drastically.

He said that state police would assist in the efficient enforcement of anti-open-grazing regulation within the states.

The vice-presidential candidate reaffirmed {that a} PDP authorities within the nation would be sure that some powers have been devolved to the states for higher improvement of all areas within the nation.

Mr Okowa added that to draw and stimulate funding within the nation, a PDP led authorities would deal with the vitality downside and different malignant infrastructure setbacks within the nation.

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