The Federal Government yesterday set up an 11-man committee to probe the rot in Police Colleges.
The
committee will also ascertain the amount of money appropriated for the
police to renovate and upgrade the police institutions between 2009 and
2012.
Director, Special duties in the Police Affairs Ministry is
the head of the probe team raised by Police Affairs Minister Omoniyi
Olubolabe.
The committee has one week to submit its report.
President
Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the Police College in Lagos after
Channels Television exposed the rot in the school.
Members of
the committee are: Rep. of NPF-Vice Chairman, Director, Finance and
Account-Member, Director, PID-Member, Director, PSD-Member, 3 Nos.
Representatives of NPF-Member, Legal Adviser-Member, Head of Budget
Division-Member, Head of Internal Audit-Member, Head of External
Audit-Member and Secretary-PRS.
The committee’s term of reference are:
•To
ascertain the amount of funds appropriated by the Federal Government of
Nigeria to the NPF for renovations/upgrade of the Nigeria Police
Institutions between 2009 and 2012 and total donations received in the
period under review.
•To examine the budget proposed/appropriated by NPF for the Training Institutions between 2009 and 2012
•To
verify the utilisation of the appropriation to the NPF for the upgrade
of facilities in the following Police Training Institutions.
•Detective College Enugu;
•PMF Training Schools Gwoza and
•Illa Oragun, ATS Training School, Nonwa Tai;
•Police Colleges Ikeja, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Oji-River, PTS Iperu.
•To
ascertain if the Heads of the NPF Formations were regularly updating
the NPF Management on the conditions of the Institutions between 2009 –
2012 and what actions were taken by the Management of NPF sequel to
such;
•To examine the design and capacity of the institutions vis-à-vis the current number of intakes;
•To
examine the current condition of infrastructure in all the NPF training
institutions and make appropriate recommendations to Government;
•To consider any other matter relevant.
Olubolade said his ministry and the police management team will address the rot in police colleges in the country without delay.
He
spoke to reporters after a meeting with Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar at the Force Headquarters yesterday. ,The minister
said the matter is of priority to the government.
Olubolade said
the meeting with the IGP centred on how to fix the decay in police
colleges and how to tackle the rising wave of terrorism, kidnapping and
other criminal activities in the land.
The minister said: “We
looked at the training of policemen and the training institutions not
only on police colleges because solving the problem of police colleges
alone is not enough.
“We will solve the problem of police
colleges and that of other training institutions including the Police
Academy in Kano as well as the Staff College in Jos.
“Once we
address those issues, we will be making better progress. So, if you ask
me, this meeting was aimed at repositioning the police to attend to
training matters. To attend to operational matters so that this year, we
will see a better policing in Nigeria police.”
“Nigerians should
expect a highly professional police force that will stand up and face
the challenges that are confronting our nation. And to do that, I have
to constantly meet with the management team headed by the IGP who is
here with me as many times as possible.
“This is to ensure that
we are on course with our plan, to ensure that whatever we asked for to
make the police force more efficient, is given to us. It is also to
ensure that we are making progress in fighting crime, criminality and
terrorism.
“Like I said, I am here to follow up on what I have
just spoken about; to interact with the IGP and his management team, to
look at lapses that may exist and how we will surmount them because it
is a joint effort and I think it is critical to do that.
“The IGP is making some progress in certain areas and I will also have to look at them”.
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