By Mohammed Mohammed
The Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has said that government the committee to over the legal framework for Nigeria Police training institutions is to them more functional, relevant and to be able to attract funding to the police.
The committee comprises members from the Presidency, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Law Reform Commission, Ministry of Police Affairs, and Ministry of Justice was inaugurated at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Police Affairs in Abuja recently.
Addressing members of the committee, at the inauguration, the Minister acknowledged that government came up with the idea of legalizing the training institutions to make them to be relevant, active, and functional as well as enjoy better funding.
He said: “By the time you have a legal framework for them, they will have governing board, budget and be self-accounting and additional funding for Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
“This is one of the ways of reforming Nigeria Police Force in the country.”
The Minister added that what government is contemplating is how it can adopt one legal framework that will cover the selected police institutions.
I understand some guidelines have been given by the Ministry of Justice to the Nigeria Police Force to enable them to assess how they are going to go about it, he added.
Dingyadi, reiterated the commitment of President Buhari to reform the NPF and hope that the committee will key into the aspiration and ensure it comes into reality.
By the time it comes to fruition, we would have made history with the police in this country, he said.
He assured the committee of the federal government’s cooperation and support to enable discharge their duty and urged the committee to pay special attention to the checklist from the Ministry of Justice to enable them to come out with a good framework that will guide the running of those institutions.