Once again, this emergency measure on the police has led to the call for the devolution of the powers of the police, by the creation of legal state police. It is an anomaly to refer to state chief executives as chief security officers of their respective states while they lack the constitutional powers to control the Unit under their command. Certainly, Nigerians deserve more than a rhetoric each time a measure of good governance is demanded of its government. And so, this administration needs to do more in the areas of good governance if it hopes to preserve what’s left of its fast receding goodwill. It must follow through with the promised reforms, as that’s the only way Nigerians can be assured that the lives that were lost by some young Nigerians in the cause of the #EndSARS protests were not in vain.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2020 04:07 UTC