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Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?

The success or otherwise of any police system lies in the institutional structure upon which the institution is framed.As a federation, there is need to stress for devolution of power through restructuring for effective police system. This is necessary giving the heightened insecurity and centrali...

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Main Authors: Saidu, Badamasi, Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna, Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah, Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman
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Published: Center for Sustainabality Research & Consultancy 2019
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HC Economic History and Conditions
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spelling my.uum.repo.264752019-10-01T06:56:18Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/26475/ Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be? Saidu, Badamasi Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman HC Economic History and Conditions The success or otherwise of any police system lies in the institutional structure upon which the institution is framed.As a federation, there is need to stress for devolution of power through restructuring for effective police system. This is necessary giving the heightened insecurity and centralise nature of the police institution in the country. The over centralisation of policing has made the institution to be control and influence at the discretion of the political head as provided in section 214 of the 1999 constitution as amended. On the other hand, giving the political immaturity in Nigeria, decentralising the national policing to give way to state police also has its own implication of over beardedness, possible political influence of the governors against oppositions, poor funding and formalisation of political thugs and party supports at the detriment of the security business. In view of these therefore, effective police system will be achieved through constitutional amendment of section 214 by removing the discretional command of the political heads which derogated. The institution should be place under justice system to be govern by rule of law. Center for Sustainabality Research & Consultancy 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/26475/1/JBSREE%205%201%202019%2041%2050.pdf Saidu, Badamasi and Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna and Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah and Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman (2019) Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be? Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 5 (1). pp. 41-50. ISSN 2519-0326 https://publishing.globalcsrc.org/ojs/index.php/jbsee/article/view/554
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Saidu, Badamasi
Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman
Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
description The success or otherwise of any police system lies in the institutional structure upon which the institution is framed.As a federation, there is need to stress for devolution of power through restructuring for effective police system. This is necessary giving the heightened insecurity and centralise nature of the police institution in the country. The over centralisation of policing has made the institution to be control and influence at the discretion of the political head as provided in section 214 of the 1999 constitution as amended. On the other hand, giving the political immaturity in Nigeria, decentralising the national policing to give way to state police also has its own implication of over beardedness, possible political influence of the governors against oppositions, poor funding and formalisation of political thugs and party supports at the detriment of the security business. In view of these therefore, effective police system will be achieved through constitutional amendment of section 214 by removing the discretional command of the political heads which derogated. The institution should be place under justice system to be govern by rule of law.
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author Saidu, Badamasi
Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman
author_facet Saidu, Badamasi
Rasheed, Zuwaira Haruna
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
Yusoff, Kamarul Zaman
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title Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
title_short Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
title_full Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
title_fullStr Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
title_full_unstemmed Restructuring and the dilemma of state police in Nigeria: to be or not to be?
title_sort restructuring and the dilemma of state police in nigeria: to be or not to be?
publisher Center for Sustainabality Research & Consultancy
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