He explained that if the requirement was to be taken into consideration, the Force needs to recruit at least 31,000 Police officers yearly for a period of at least five years from now.
IGP Idris who also identified funding as a major challenge of the Force called on the National Assembly to pass the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund (Establishment) bill.
The IGP who is the chief host of the two days security summit taking place at ICC Abuja, said “The Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund (Establishment) bill is to further provide a legal framework that will outline the counterpart funding arrangement between the federal government, the states, local governments and organised private sector. This is yet to see the light of the day.
“When the bill is passed, the funding will be through a first line charge on the Federation Account quarterly from the sources indicated above”.
He noted that as part of the activities of the Police and efforts to enhance security all over the country, the Force is increasing its capacity to respond swiftly to challenges in all states of the federation through the establishment of more Police Mobile Force Squadrons.
He said, “So far, seven additional Police Mobile Force Squadrons have been established in the following states: Osun state (Ilesha), Enugu state (Nsukka), Taraba state (Takum), Niger state (Kontagora), Plateau state (Shendam), Kaduna state (Kanfanchan) and Ogun state (Awa Ijebu).
“We have also established a school to train close protection units personnel in order to enhance their capacity and also the plan to establish more close protection basis in all states of the federation has been concluded.
“So far, 14 special protection bases have been established in the following states of the federation: Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Plateau, Nasarawa, Ogun, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Ondo and Zamfara”.
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