vibrant, trained and equipped Police in the country to guarantee security
and peace for national development.
The governor, who stated this today (Wednesday) during the Governors’
Forum session at the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA) in Lagos said states like Kano were already funding and
equipping the Police, which he said lack capacity and adequate personnel
to provide the required security across the country.
Governor Ganduje explained said states like Kano were already funding and
equipping the Police, which he said lack capacity and adequate personnel
to provide the required security across the country.
Ganduje said most states pay policemen allowances, besides providing them
with other logistic support, explaining devolution of powers at the
center, would mean increasing states’ capacity to fund their police.
“We are still equipping the police, even paying their allowances in some
cases. The budget that is supposed to be given to the police should be
given to the states,” he said.
On what it takes to build strong institutions, the governor maintained
that it required a strong template for recruitment, capacity development
through training and setting clear-cut goals.
According to him, “You don’t need strong men; you need strong
institutions. Strong institutions are indispensable to socio-economic
development. Strong institutions surpass those who created them. Our
institutions need to have clear-cut goals and objectives. There must be
free flow of information, transparency and accountability.
“There must be a template for reward and punishment. The institutions must
be insulated from political interference,” the Kano State governor
asserted.
Meanwhile, at a showcase session on investment opportunities in Kano,
which is part of the conference, Governor Ganduje expressed readiness of
his administration to grant land and tax incentives to local and foreign
investors, wishing to come to the state.
According to the governor, “We have decided to make land acquisition very
easy and speedy. A lot of red-tapism and a lot of bureaucracies and we
decided to replace that ministry with the Bureau for Land Management’’.
“Kano State presently enjoys very peaceful atmosphere that would encourage
any serious local and foreign investor to come to the state and derive the
benefits of the efforts made so far by the government in the area of
security” he added.