Nigeria Police Trust Fund Enhances Skills of 10,700 Police Officers

Date: 2024-12-06

The Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) has revealed that it has trained over 10,700 police personnel since its inception five years ago, as reported by Leadership.

The training programme was designed to enhance the skills and performance of police officers in the country.

The NPTF Executive Secretary, Mohammed Sheid, made this disclosure at the opening ceremony of a two-day management retreat organised by the Fund for stakeholders in Ilorin, Kwara State.

The training programme was hosted by the Kwara State Government and coordinated by the office of the Permanent Secretary, Political, Cabinet and Special Services, Governor's Office, Ilorin, Mrs Esther Oluyomi.

The workshop has “Building A Secured Nigeria Through Effective NPTF Intervention for the Nigeria Police Force” as its theme.

The NPTF executive secretary said that training and retraining of police officers is imperative and key to strengthening the Nigeria Police .

Sheidu also said that 1,300 police officers were trained in his first 100 days in office, adding that, “we expand and plan to increase that number subsequently”.

Sheidu , who lamented the ongoing court case challenging its operational funding with the 0.5 per cent derivation from the federal allocation, said that the court litigation has hindered its optimal performance.

He said though training and retraining of police officers and men are the cardinal concern of the fund, the court case has in no small way affected the rapid realisation of that.

“Our major challenge is funding. As we all know there is a court case challenging the 0.5 per cent FAAC allocation and so one of the major issues we have is resources and that has to do with funding,” he said.

The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who was represented by the senior special assistant on Security, Alh Muyideen Aliyu, said that the country, with the support of the NPTF can enhance the capacity of the police to respond to emerging security challenges, promote community policing and improve the overall security architecture of the country.

The governor, who said that Kwara is yet to enjoy much benefits from the NPTF called for the intervention of the agency in the rehabilitation of Police Training School, Ilorin, and the upgrading of the training facilities to enhance the capacity of police personnel.

The governor also called for the rehabilitation of the Police Command Headquarters and some selected Divisional Police Offices, construction of accommodation facilities, provision of operational vehicles, construction of additional Police Divisions across the three senatorial districts.

He also requested the NPTF to patronise Kwara Garment Factory for the production of police uniforms.

The Kwara State police commissioner, Victor Olaiya, who applauded the management wondered where the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) would have been without the fund.

He requested two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) from the fund for his command to enhance security in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf A. Usman     Yeketi     Nupe     Inside Kwara     Akanji     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Doyin Agbamu     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Durosinlohun Atiku     Ilorin Durbar     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Damilola Yusuf     Roheemat Hammed     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Laduba     Ilorin Airport     Ajibike Katibi     Galadiman Ngeri     Diagnostic Centre     Kwara Basketball Association     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Suleiman Abubakar     Kwarareports.com     Ojo Isekuse     Radio Kwara     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Tsaragi-Share     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Sidikat Alaya     Kulende     Aro Yahaya     College Of Education     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ajakaye     UTME     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Apaokagi     Kola Bukoye     Alapansapa     Taofeeq Olateju     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Lotus Bank     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Bank Of Industry     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Kisira     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Sarakite     Isin     Kwara NIPR     Marufat Oladosu     Lafiagi     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Sayomi     Kwara State University Of Education     Maimunat Oniyangi     Mohammed Ibrahim     Makama     Smart School     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     First Lady     Local Government Pension Board     Olupako Of Share     ER-KANG Mining     Rasheed Jimoh     Sheikh Ariyibi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Kolo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Madawaki Of Ilorin     CACOVID Palliatives     Aiyedun     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Olatinwo     Vasolar Consultoria     NIPOGA     Kwara State Governor     SSA Youth Engagement     Kamaldeen Ajibade     David Adesina     Taofeek Ibraheem     Biliaminu Aliu     Sunday Otokiti     Habeeb Saidu     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     MATTA Girls Foundation     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Sa\'ad Alanamu     AbdulGafar Tosho     Ado Ibrahim     Abubakar Aliagan     Hakeem Idris     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Reuben Paraje     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     March 18     Okasanmi Ajayi     Shaaba Lafiagi     Mohammed Saidu     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     CCB     Aminu Ado Bayero     Aliyu Umar     Oro Grammar School     Forgo Battery     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ilorin Muslim Community     Cassava Growers\' Association     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Oke-Ero     Marufat Oladosu     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Sunday Fagbemi     Ahman Pategi     Oko-Erin     Musa Aibinu     Okeose Christian Cementary     Shade Omoniyi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Pacify Labs     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Salaudeen Oyewale     Diagnostic Centre     Abdulazeez Uthman     Post-utme     AIT Ilorin     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Nagode     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Shao     Kehinde Boyede     Saka Abimbola Isau     Salman Jawondo     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Abdulwahab Ololele