The Federal Government has approved the recruitment of
10,000 policemen every year to address the shortfall in the numerical capacity
of the nation’s police force.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, explained
that the recruitment was necessary to strengthen the operational efficiency of
the police to combat crime and criminality in the country.
He said this during the monthly IG’s conference with senior
police officers on Wednesday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, shortly after
receiving inspectors Amina Wilfred and Rachael Danjuma for winning a golf
championship.
The IG called for better funding for the police, saying the
nation needed to address the poor financial standing of the force for enhanced
operational efficiency.
Idris stated, “We can succeed in community policing when we
address the ratio of one policeman to 400 citizens. Recruitment of rank and
file had been stopped and there is no where you can have an effective police if
you don’t have enough policemen to police the population and that is one of the
areas we are addressing now.”
The IG called on the National Assembly to speedily pass the
Security Trust Fund Bill to ensure adequate funding of police operations.
Idris expressed concern with the increasing spate of
kidnapping across the country, stressing that it was beyond what the police
alone could handle.
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