We Must Urgently Create State Police To Tackle Insecurity – Kalu

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said Nigeria tin nary longer hold the instauration of authorities constabulary if it hopes to tackle its information challenges effectively.

Kalu said this portion speaking with journalists successful Abuja connected his instrumentality from Geneva, Switzerland, wherever helium represented Nigeria astatine the 55th Parliamentary Conference connected the World Trade Organisation/Inter-Parliamentary Union (WTO-IPU) Public Forum 2025.

The lawman talker said Nigeria’s existent centralised policing operation was inadequate and acold down planetary standards.

The lawmaker representing Bende national constituency of Abia State said the lone mode this could beryllium achieved is to unbundle it from its existent structure.

He said: “On the authorities constabulary measure that is earlier the parliament, we are reasoning astir the effect clip of policing successful Nigeria which astatine the infinitesimal is beneath the planetary standard. The lone mode we tin execute this is if we unbundle it from the mode it is centralised similar what different countries are doing: Municipal police, authorities police, and just  the constitution is wide connected what is connected the concurrent and exclusive lists.

“Certain taxable matters volition present beryllium handled by the authorities constabulary and national constabulary respectively if we acceptable it up and interruption it down the mode Nigerians privation it and that’s wherefore we are calling for the nationalist national proceeding connected Monday.

“Let’s person this speech connected issues similar this to cognize whether you privation it oregon not, oregon should it beryllium tailored successful 1 mode oregon the other. There whitethorn beryllium fears of hijacking it but we cannot due to the fact that of that contradict the bulk of Nigerians the information of lives and spot that we promised them arsenic a government.

“We should beryllium looking astatine the bigger picture. Everyone successful Nigeria whitethorn not beryllium a person but everyone needs information of lives and property. So, we are saying which 1 should we spell for? “The greater bully oregon the fearfulness of the insignificant threat? . I deliberation we should spell for the greater bully truthful that the bully successful the bulk volition suppress the menace successful the minority.”

Kalu said Nigerians demonstrated uncommon patriotism and resilience by lasting with President Bola Tinubu successful the aftermath of the substance subsidy removal and different bold economical reforms, stressing that the hard decisions were indispensable to enactment the state connected the way of sustainable growth.

He said the Nigerians successful diaspora showed keen involvement successful the government’s reforms and successful issues of representation.

The lawman talker besides commended the authorities governments for helping to diversify the economy, saying it volition summation occupation instauration and boost the economical well-being of the citizens.

He urged Nigerians to enactment engaged, patient, and supportive of the reforms, portion besides participating actively successful shaping policies specified arsenic the authorities constabulary bill.

Kalu disclosed that Nigeria was among the 8 countries represented connected the WTO/IPU steering committee, which examined however to marque integer commercialized an motor of inclusive growth.

The lawmaker argued that for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to succeed, integer commercialized indispensable beryllium embedded arsenic a cardinal pillar.

He further disclosed that Nigeria and different African delegations pressed for Afrocentric issues to diagnostic prominently astatine the forthcoming WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) scheduled for Yaoundé successful March 2026.

Kalu besides pushed for the transition of a measure reserving seats for women successful Parliament, stressing that the exclusion of women from authorities was holding backmost Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian and economical progress.

He pointed retired that issues specified arsenic kid rights, women’s rights, and humanitarian concerns often transportation much extent erstwhile driven by women lawmakers.