Can Nigerian States Actually Fund State Police?

Can Nigerian States Actually Fund State Police?

A growing tally of State Houses of Assembly across the federation have passed bills endorsing the constitutional framework for decentralised state police structures. Legislative chambers from the South-West to the North-Central have adopted draft resolutions with unusual speed, signalling broad regional political consensus. Governors across party lines now declare that the centralised, unitary policing architecture…

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The Phantom Wealth of States

The Phantom Wealth of States

Fresh economic disclosures on subnational finance reveal an enduring paradox of the Nigerian federation. States endowed with vast deposits of critical minerals, lithium, tantalite, gold, lead, zinc, and rare-earth elements, continue to record near-negligible figures for internally generated revenue (IGR). From the lithium-heavy corridors of Nasarawa and Kwara to the goldfields of Osun and Zamfara,…

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