The Federal Government and 36 state governors, yesterday, agreed to set up state police, as the nation makes concerted efforts to tackle rising insecurity. 
  
The agreement was reached during an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the governors at the State House, Abuja . Vice President Kashim Shettima was also in attendance at the instance of President Tinubu. 
   
Minister of information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed the development to newsmen at a briefing after the meeting. He was joined by Governors Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, Uba Sani (Kaduna) and Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta).
   
While he noted that both the federal and state governments are considering the idea, Idris explained that a number of meetings are being worked out to determine the modalities for setting up of state police, adding, however, that nothing concrete has yet been determined. 
 
He said the parley observed that the security situation in the country has significantly improved, adding that farmers have returned to farmlands that were hitherto inaccessible due to insecurity in places such as Borno, Jigawa and Plateau states, among others. 
   
The minister said the meeting discussed the need to improve the numeric strength of forest rangers and train them to keep the farms and borders safe.  He revealed that the parties commended the security agencies for their work thus far, noting: “Some of them even pay the supreme price with their lives to ensure that Nigerians have a secure environment.”
 
Apart from security, yesterday’s meeting also dwelt on the food situation in the country, with the minister disclosing that a committee had been set up to synthesise all that had been discussed at the meeting. 
 
He said the President has directed the National Security Adviser, Director General of the Department of State Services and Inspector General of Police to partner with the governors to end hoarding of foodstuffs in the country. 

MEANWHILE, Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, yesterday, responded to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar’s submission that the nation’s twin challenge of insecurity and poverty could not be tackled overnight.
  
He also argued that relevant stakeholders in governance, economy, security and other critical sectors cannot but agree that the country’s hydra-headed insecurity problem, spanning decades and socioeconomic problems, must be confronted and surmounted for Nigeria to achieve peace and development.
  
In a statement, Igboho said the President Bola Tinubu administration should be allowed to work out solutions to Nigeria’s problems.The Sultan had, on Wednesday, declared that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, considering poverty, hardship and ravaging insecurity plaguing the nation. He charged the Federal Government to take action that will mitigate the suffering of the masses, who he said, are hungry and angry about their condition.