Security, Peace & Development · Position Paper
[Position Paper] State Police? If Yes, How?
Police reform is a topic that has continued to dominate public discourse around the world just as in Nigeria. Successive Nigerian governments have made various efforts to reform the police.
This edition of Nextier’s “Development Discourse” explored policing in Nigeria. The discourse focused on the federal government’s proposed community policing architecture and the agitation for state police policing in the country
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