accountability. Nigeria’s security crisis and economic crisis are he Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police therefore not separate phenomena. They are products of the same has reopened one of the most consequential public policy T constitutional dysfunction. debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal and residual powers reserved for the states. In principle, such The geographical spread of insecurity further demonstrates has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful arrangements are common in federations. In practice, however, this reality. What was once…