Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, has said the resources utilized on security by state governments are enough to fund state police.
The governor who spoke on Thursday at the Fountain Summit held in Ekiti state, said state policing will help states ensure that investments and businesses are secure.
He said: “One point that we should not drop is the issue around state police, we have talked about it,”
“We believe the amount of resource each subnational is spending on security is enough for them to have state police. We believe that after this Ekiti summit, the federal government will support the creation of state police.”
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He added: “In any environment where you want investors to come, they must not only feel safe, they must know that you’re doing everything to protect their businesses and ensure that their investments are safe and secure,”
“For us in Lagos, it is something that we cannot even play with. Lagos continues to be host to over 65 percent of international travels into the country.
“Deliberately as a policy, security becomes something that if we fail or if we don’t get it well, then we are actually even making it difficult for others in the hinterland.”
