Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has urged governors and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rally behind proposals for state police and the full implementation of local government autonomy, saying the party's growing political dominance must be matched by concrete governance reforms.

The president made the appeal at the 14th meeting of the APC National Caucus in Abuja on Thursday, where he challenged governors to support the recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local government councils and to ensure strict compliance with its provisions.

The APC National Caucus meeting is one of the party's highest decision-making fora, bringing together the President, Vice President, national officers of...