Governors have limited power to tackle insecurity, says Lalong
May 14
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Lalong spoke on Friday during the Good Morning Nigeria programme on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).
He said even though the constitution makes the governors the chief security officers of their states, there is a limit to the orders they can give security personnel.
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Lalong called on the national assembly to intervene, adding that the federal lawmakers have a role to play in ensuring that governors are empowered to tackle insecurity.
“We have also cried and said the constitution provides that we (the governors) are chief security officers in our state,” he said.
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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, said this while speaking on Good Morning Nigeria programme, a daily breakfast show on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), on Monday.
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, had
Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN,
had dismissed Obaseki’s claim describing it as “unfortunate and totally inappropriate.”
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Ahmed said that whenever there is reduction in federal allocation, the federal government takes money from some reserve accounts, but in the case of March allocation which fell by N50 billion, all state governments were asked to manage their resources.
“It is a difficult time, I can explain to you how difficult it is not just for the federal government but also for the states, we see increasing reduction in our FAAC revenue,” she said.