Presidency berates states clamouring for community policing

Senior special assistant on media and publicity to the president, Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, says many of the states agitating for community policing owe salaries.

Shehu said the president was particular about the sustenance of the community policing arrangement, hence, the delay with his assent.

Shehu made the comment while speaking with newsmen in Lagos.

He noted that President Buhari is more concerned about the spread and abuse of weapons in the hands of police.

States across the country had clamoured for community policing to tackle peculiar security challenges in the localities.

Last week, the federal government, approved the sum of 13.3 billion naira for the take-off of community policing initiative across the country.