Thread by @fimiletoks

In the early 80s Nigeria was home to Africa’s largest textile industry with over 180 textile mills in operation which employed no fewer than 450,000 people, representing close to 25 per cent of the workforce in the manufacturing sector.
Katsina is the home of cotton in Nigeria..

At a point Nigeria supplied more than 40% of the cotton requirements in West Africa. Cotton and Sorghum are major produce in Katsina. All were abandoned for oil and quick "wealth" from the Delta. Katsina has produced
Vice President - Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
President - Umaru Yaradua

President - Muhammadu Buhari ( twice )
Police Inspetor General - Ibrahim Coomasie
Police Inspector General - Mohammed Dikko Yusufu
DG DSS - Lawal Musa Daura
Magaji Mohammed - Minister for internal affairs
Chief Justice of the Supreme court - Mohammed Bello

Today, Katsina with all the human and natural potentials has been taken over by bandits. The state has failed to harness its human and agricultural potential. Over reliance on the crumbs from the centre and total neglect for monthly stipends.

I have written everything that needs to shared on security. The system has failed, dissolve amd let states and communities police themselves. That was the system before the British arrived. I am sure there are more than 100,000 men and women in Katsina ready to police and defend

Their communities from the bandits. The state has enough resources to engage and pay them. This central police structure cannot respond effectively to the security issues especially in remote areas without infrastructure. Local Intelligence is lacking, presence is zero.

It is a police force designed to be reactive instead of being proactive. Every state in Nigeria can afford State and community police.
Decentralise the force and allow states control their resources.