ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- As part of efforts to fight rising insecurity in the State, the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the National Assembly to commence a constitutional amendment process that would lead to the creation of State Police.
The State’s 10th Assembly, in its first plenary since its inauguration held on Tuesday, also called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently equip the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps for effectiveness in performing the task of community policing.
The Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, said these actions would stem rising insecurity in the country.
In a statement by his media aide, Eromosele Ebhomele, Obasa noted with concern the recent attacks in the country, including the killing of some residents in Plateau State and the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State.
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Obasa said it was the appropriate time for the Senate and the House of Representatives to begin a process of amendment to the constitution to provide for the creation of an alternative policing system.
He added that the Lagos Assembly was strongly in support of the establishment of state police.
“While I commend the Ninth National Assembly for doing a lot to amend the constitution, there is a need for us to call on the 10th National Assembly to see it as a matter of urgency to make the issue of state policing a major factor of development,” Obasa said.
Also, a member of the House, Gbolahan Yishawu, lauded Obasa for raising the issue of State Police.
He said: “We remember very well that it was you that sponsored the bill on Neighbourhood Safety Corps, and we see what it has done for our state and how other states are copying it.”