* Senator Smart Adeyenii Pix source : Premium Times Nigeria
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator, Smart Adeyemi, has called for the total restructuring of the country to address the various security challenges currently confronting the country.
This is just as he advocated for local and state government policing system to enhance the security architecture in the country.
Adeyemi ,who said this while speaking to aviation journalists yesterday, shortly after carrying out the oversight function yesterday,however expressed concern over security challenges in the country .
He advocated local government policing, stressing that Nigeria as a federating unit should not shy away from taking a decisive action to tackle the menace of bandits and other criminal elements terrorising the country.
Adeyemi explained that despite the increase in population of the country over the years, the security architecture remained same, while Nigeria was faced with porous borders.
He argued that the agitation for restructuring would not lead to division of the country as been insinuated, wondering why some people are always afraid when the word restructuring is mentioned.
According to him, “There is a need for us to evolve new security architecture for Nigeria. Our population has increased and we are still faced with porous borders. Nigeria is not a clear cut federal system. I don’t know how to describe this country; federal system or unitary system, but I do know that Nigeria is said to be a federation and all nations where federalism is practiced, we do not run a unitary system of policing.”
He contended that the time has come for Nigeria to evolve a system that would appreciate the size of the nation and the diversities.
To buttress his point Adeyemi said, “You don’t recruit a graduate we graduated from University of Maiduguri for instance and you post him to Lagos to come and police. He doesn’t know the system and the areas. So, criminals can take advantage of that.”
Continuing, the Chairman , Senate Committee on Aviation said, “What I am saying in essence is that the time has come for Nigeria to look at not just a state police, but a local government policing and that is why in the United States, their security is very effective because when you visit any county, the police are aware of those who live there.”
