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The Digest:

At an emergency meeting in Kaduna, the Northern States Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers declared the region faces an “existential threat” from escalating insecurity and poverty, demanding state police as a critical constitutional solution. According to Premium Times, this unified stance explores the desperation of layered leadership seeking tangible power to secure their homeland, engaging a national debate with renewed urgency.

Key Points:
  • Northern governors and monarchs warn that he region faces an "existential threat" from insecurity.
  • They held an emergency meeting in Kaduna with the Sultan of Sokoto and security chiefs.
  • The forum demanded urgent constitutional amendments to establish state police.
  • Gombe Governor Inuwa Yahaya stated history will judge them by security, not projects.
  • Leaders admitted that poverty, illiteracy, and climate change are root causes of the crisis.
  • They called for an end to partisan politics to collectively address the threat.
  • The forum pledged a coordinated regional strategy combining force and socio-economic reforms.
The declaration is a monumental plea for self-preservation, signaling that even the most rooted institutions now perceive a storm capable of eroding their very foundation.

Sources: Premium Times, The Guardian