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The National Economic Council on Thursday gave the Federal Capital Territory, and Adamawa, Kwara and Kebbi states a week to submit their positions on the proposed creation of state police.
“The council mandated these remaining states and the FCT to make their submissions within the next one week,” the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Duoye Diri, told State House correspondents after the 146th meeting of the National Economic Council, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Diri said the three states and the FCT are the only entities that are yet to do so out of the 36 states.
He explained, “On the state police, the council was updated with the submission of the establishment and it was reported that 33 states have submitted their positions, while three states are yet to do so.
“These three states are Adamawa, Kebbi and incidentally Kwara, which is the state of the Governors’ Forum’s Chairman, and the FCT are yet to submit their positions.
“The council mandated these remaining states and the FCT to make their submissions within the next one week, and resolved to present a consolidated state’s position on the state police to the National Economic Council at our next meeting.”
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With three years of experience, Stephen, The PUNCH correspondent, has been covering Nigeria’s presidency, politics, security, immigration and trafficking in persons
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