Police to recruit more officers, personnel in 2018 – Buhari

The 2018 budget captured a budgetary allocation that accommodates increase in number of Police personnel, says President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari stated this Friday at the Passing Out Parade Ceremony Of Cadet ASP Course, at the Police Staff College in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

He said, “Another round of recruitment of more Police officers and men, to positively deal with the problems associated with our internal security is contained in this budget year.

“As this goes on, my administration will also continue with improving the welfare of Police officers, who put their lives on the line for us all to live peacefully and move freely around the sovereignty”.

Represented by the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd), President Buhari also said, “immediately on assumption of office, I directed for the recruitment of a total of 10,000 eligible young graduates and able bodied school leavers into the Nigeria Police Force: I am proud to note that just as 767 Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police are passing out at the Police Staff College in Jos, another set of Cadet Inspectors are graduating at the Police College, Ikeja”.

On his part the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris said the task of Policing any democratic society depends largely on the number of personnel on its pay-roll, adding that their professional competence, training acquired and equipment available in the discharge of their duty is also key.

Represented by CP Ntom Chukwu, DIG, Department of Research and Planning, Nigeria Police, the AIG also said the act of increasing Police personnel is in line with the United Nations recommendation ratio of 1Policeman to 400 people.

However, in her remark, the Commandant, Police Staff College, AIG Dorothy D. Gimba, laud President Buhari for his fervent desire to increase the ratio of Policemen to a targeted population aimed at guaranteeing the security of citizens.

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos