Insecurity: Tinubu Told To Scrap FRSC, NSCDC

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Former Presidential aide Senator Ita Enang has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider abolishing the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Enang argued that these two security agencies have shown little effectiveness in combating the escalating insecurity across the nation.

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He advocated for the implementation of state police and suggested that personnel from the NSCDC and FRSC be redeployed to serve within their respective states under the state police framework.

He also advised that state police should incorporate state-owned security outfits such as Amotekun and Ebube-Agu, stressing that the need for state police was urgent.

Etang urged President Tinubu to speed up the creation of state police by directing the Attorney General of the Federation to prepare an executive bill and forward it to the National Assembly for prompt treatment.

The former lawmaker said the executive bill should spell out the limitations of the functions of state police to federal police.

He said: “We should not wait for the National Assembly to finish the constitutional amendment process; we should not allow it to be part of those matters that will be considered by the Senate or the joint session of the National Assembly.

“Mr President should direct the Attorney General of the Federation to prepare an executive bill and forward it to the National Assembly so that it will be treated as a stand-alone executive bill on state police.

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“The time is now for us to voluntarily have state police. The food crisis we have is an insecurity problem.”

Enang said that although he opposed the creation of state police years back because he feared that state governors would abuse it, the outfit is the solution to security challenges like banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria.
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