Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed fear that if state police is established, there will be need to review state allocations.
The governor of the North Central state, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, said funding would be an issue for governors to pursue the adoption and implementation of state police.
He said that it is not as if he is against the nation having state police as some other nations, he explained that sometimes the nation might just want to adopt what is happening in other countries.
While recounting his experience in countries with state police, he said that what states are getting now might not be enough to run the new establishment.
According to him, “I went to school, grew up and went to school in a country where it is not even state police; you have county police, which is local government police. The institution I attended, Indiana University, had Indiana University Police. So, I grew up in the background of this independent police and distribution. Sometimes, we just see what is happening in other countries and we just want to adopt.
“My concern about state police, and it is not like I am against it; I am all for it but my biggest concern about state police is funding the state police.
“The next thing after we adopt this state police, you will hear the state governors asking for a review of the sharing formula. And you still have the military and other security agencies under the Federal Government. What we are getting right now may not be sustainable.”
