Manifesto: To Secure Nigeria, I will Decentralise Policing, Restrict Foreigners – Tinubu
By Idris Umar
The All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to reform and decentralise the Nigerian Police Force in order to secure the country.
This was contained in the 80- page manifesto unveiled in Abuja on Friday.
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“Our government will work in close collaboration with State Governments and the National Assembly, to enact measures necessary to secure and protect communities from criminal violence, particularly kidnapping and terrorism. These measures will be flexible and adaptive in order to fit local realities and challenges. Some instances may call for establishment or enhancement of civilian neighbourhood watch groups. Others may require the establishment of more formal locally-based law enforcement institutions.”
To stop the inflow of criminally-minded foreigners Tinubu said “Customs and Immigration Services ability to patrol and monitor our borders will be strengthened. This includes the use of aerial and ground-based technology mechanisms as well as more mobile patrol units.”
The APC pointman promised to replicate what did in Lagos “when he entered office as the state governor, the state was crime-ridden. Safety was uncertain. The population was fearful. With bold, no-nonsense crime prevention reform and creative institution building, we won back our state. It became a safe and secure place to live and to do business. I shall bring the same determined, problem-solving spirit to solving insecurity.”
