Governors have blamed their inability tackle the terrible security situation in their states on the lack of authority over the different security agencies.
The Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, NGF, Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State, made this known while speaking with journalists.
He however said that they were working hard with the federal government to ensure the safety of lives and property.
His words: “We are not in control of either the soldiers or the police or any other security men but what we can do is to sit down with security men in our respective states to support security agencies.
‘’In terms of logistics, we are doing our best and we will continue to support the federal government in this regard,” he said.
He added that the security situation in the country is a global issue as it is not peculiar to Nigeria.
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He said besides, some of the security situations in the country were inherited from previous administrations, but that they were doing all they could to restore peace.
Yari talked about other issues the governors discussed at their meeting which was held on Thursday.
“We also received briefings from the Metrological Centre with focus on Nigeria as a whole on expected rainfall pattern so that we can make proper planning for our farmers.
‘’We also received briefings on Stamp Duty Revenue from a consortium of consultants and we set up a three-member committee consisting of governors of Ogun, Niger and Akwa Ibom states, to find out how we can benefit from the stamp duty revenue received over the years.
“At the same time we got briefings from the Traffic Management; we observed that it helps in two areas: One to get revenue generated and two, to help insecurity.
“Most of the countries in the world when you have your car, whenever it is stolen, it can be identified easily through that process.
“We are trying to import that system in Nigeria so that Nigerian people can benefit from it.”
