Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today lamented on the state of
insecurity in the state, stressing that Lagos with a population of 20
million people has only 33,000 policemen to cater to the security needs
of the state. While speaking at the close of the state governments
retreat for the newly appointed members of the state executive council
Governor Ambode, revealed that more money have been put into ensuring
better policing in Lagos and asked the state police commissioner and his
men to justify the additional funds allocated to security
"We’re not yet where we want to be. We have only just 33, 000 policemen
in Lagos for a population of over 20million. Again, we don’t have
control over these police officers.
We need to let the Commissioner of Police leave this
retreat believing that the Police need to own their own business just
the way we have told ourselves that we want to own the business of
governance. We need to see some things change, there has to be some form
of paradigm shift, we want to see our police officers patrol in convoy
between 12 midnight and 4am. There should be presence; we want to show
presence, security agencies must also show presence. We need to enforce,
we want to see patrol vehicle moving, we don’t want to see stationery
police men, they don’t have to stay in the vehicle, we want to see
something different from what it used to be in the past. It’s still the
same style, but people must see improvement on it. That’s why we on our
own part, we have gone out of our budget limits, using our resources
from the Security Trust Fund, to say that, yes, it might not be within
our budget, but we would spend money to support the Police because if
the state is safe, the economy will thrive”, he said.
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We have only just 33, 000 policemen in Lagos for a population of over 20million-Ambode
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