Nigeria FG To Recruit 10,000 Police Men

L –R , Sultan of Sokoto , Sa’ad Abubakar III ; President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police , Mr. Solomon Arase at the National Security Summit held at the International Conference Center, Abuja …monday. Photo: GODWIN OMOIGU

Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the federal government will
recruit 10,000 policemen and thereafter establish a properly trained and equipped federal anti-terrorism multi-agency task force that will effectively tackle the challenge of insurgency in the future.

Speaking at the National Security Summit on Community Partnership Approach to Internal Security and Crime Management, organised by the Nigeria Police in Abuja, monday, the president stated that the government was also considering the expansion of the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) monitoring system across major cities and towns in the country.

The president noted that effective policing is dependent on the level of security-consciousness of the citizens and the strength of the understanding that exists between the policing agencies and the community.

This, he said, explains why no police force in the world no matter how well motivated, equipped and trained can successfully operate without the acceptance and support of the various communities.

Buhari stressed the need for community input to policing and crime management in the country in view of the current security challenges in which kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, transnational crimes, terrorism and other organised crimes have evolved to threaten the national values and overall progress as a nation.

Stating that unemployment, illiteracy, radicalisation, negative peer group influence, substance abuse and erosion of family and moral values are social factors that underlie criminal tendencies, the president averred that the task of addressing these challenges is that of parents, teachers, community and the state.