State Police Funds: What happened to LG funds must be prevented – Abaribe

Senator representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised the federal government not to place funds meant for state policing in the hands of the states governments.
Abaribe further noted that funds for state policing must be backed by the constitution and must go directly to the commission established for that purpose.
He spoke during his contribution to the legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police; and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration),” on the floor of the Senate.
The lawmaker explained that proper channelling of state police funds wou...