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How Governors Spend Security Vote– Fayemi Reveals

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Mar 11, 2022.

Kayode Fayemi reveals how governors spend security vote, claims they fund the Police
He stated that any State that invites soldiers is responsible for payment of their service as civil operations aren’t their primary responsibility

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who is the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), has revealed how governors spend the monthly security vote.

He made this known at a stakeholders meeting on ‘Peace and Inclusive Security Initiative’ held in Abuja on Thursday.

Speaking at the event organised by the NGF and the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD), the Governor stated that security vote are used to support security agencies, and clarified that not all governors get it.

He said, “l can’t speak for others, but I also get feedbacks from other states in my capacity as chairman of the governors forum.

“There is hardly any of these institutions that you are talking about that we do not fund. We fund the police.

“Quote me, governors fund police more than the Federal Government. We buy them vehicles, pay allowances. In some cases, we buy ammunition.

“If we are to engage our military in aid to civil authority, which you will find actually in 36 states, we fund it.”

According to Fayemi, the Armed Forces were drafted into internal security operations, adding that citizens sometimes ask governors to engage soldiers, even though military roadblocks could not be set up everywhere.

Also, he stated that any State that invites soldiers is responsible for payment of their service as civil operations aren’t their primary responsibility.

He thereby advised the gathering to get a book by Chief Jerome Ugoji – ‘Serving three masters’ to know the origin of funds.

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