The National President, Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Dr. Stephen Baba Panya, has described establishment of state police and restructuring of the country, as the only panacea for addressing the security challenges bedeviling the country.
He said this over the weekend at the commissioning ceremony of a church building and installation of Edo/Delta district council executive members in Benin.
He said if the nation is ready to address the security challenges confronting it, there is need for the restructuring of the country and the establishment of state police.
“The level of security deteroration in this country has reached a stage that it is very clear that the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has failed completely.
“So there is need for restructuring of the country, especially in the area of security, so that state will have the command of security apparatus in their state.
“Some states have taken the initiative of setting up local security network, like states in the South West, have established security outfits. It is a step to tackle security challenges in the country.
“Constitutionally, I think it is batter to allow state to have their own security, be it state police, among others.
“The DSS should also be decentralized, sothat the governors who are chief security of their states, will be able to take timely and decisive action in the security challenges bedeviling the country,” he said.
Panya noted that state governors currently are incapacitated, because heads of various security agencies don’t take order from the state governors, but the federal government, adding that “this is the reason we are having continuous security deterioration in the country.
He noted that ECWA church is one of the most persecuted christians in the country, saying that its churches have been destroyed and members have been killed in southern Kaduna and currently in Shiroro, Niger state
Speaking on COVID-19, Rev. Panya advised the people to take precautions by observing social distance, improve hygiene as the coronavirus is real.
He said the ECWA Church is know for mission to reach areas where the gospel is yet to penetrate properly and that is what we are going to do in Edo and Delta states.
In his sermon, Head of ECWA, Edo/Delta District,Rev Lucky. Osagbakhoe, urged the people to seek the face of God,put their trust in Him, and see him guide and protect them.
